Concise Companion to Post-War British and Irish Poetry

This Concise Companion introduces students to the most important poetic figures, movements and trends in post-war British and Irish poetry, providing a much-needed reference point in a sprawling and often contentious field. The volume takes an integrative approach, pulling together the competing tendencies and positions that collectively compose the field of post-war poetry. In the same spirit, it does not treat British and Irish writers separately, but rather emphasizes the complex negotiations between the two traditions. Written by critics from Britain, Ireland, and the United States, the essays gathered here not only range across the central issues confronting post-war British and Irish poets, but also situate those issues within the wider framework of twentieth-century poetry. The essays focus on the most important historical and formal intersections of the last half-century, and are complemented by a general chronology detailing the most important writers, volumes, and events of these years.Blanton, C. D. is the author of 'Concise Companion to Post-War British and Irish Poetry', published 2007 under ISBN 9781405129251 and ISBN 1405129255.