A Concise Companion to Postwar British and Irish Poetry

Nigel Alderman (Editor), C. D. Blanton (Editor)

ISBN: 978-1-4051-2924-4

Hardcover

328 pages

April 2009, Wiley-Blackwell

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This volume introduces students to the most important figures, movements and trends in post-war British and Irish poetry.

An historical overview and critical introduction to the poetry published in Britain and Ireland over the last half-century
Introduces students to figures including Philip Larkin, Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney, and Andrew Motion
Takes an integrative approach, emphasizing the complex negotiations between the British and Irish poetic traditions, and pulling together competing tendencies and positions
Written by critics from Britain, Ireland, and the United States
Includes suggestions for further reading and a chronology, detailing the most important writers, volumes and events