A History of Twentieth-Century British Women’s Poetry (PDF)
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- Synopsis
- A History of Twentieth-Century British Women’s Poetry offers a uniquely detailed record and analysis of a vast array of publications, activities and achievements by major figures as well as lesser-known poets. This comprehensive survey is organised into three historical periods (1900–45, 1945–80 and 1980–2000), each part introduced by an evaluative overview in which emerging poets are mapped against cultural and literary events and trends. Four chapters in each section consider the major figures, including Charlotte Mew, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Stevie Smith, Elizabeth Jennings, Sylvia Plath, Anne Stevenson, Eavan Boland, Carol Rumens, Denise Riley, Grace Nichols and Carol Ann Duffy. The individual essays reflect and stimulate continuing debates about the nature of women’s poetry. They offer new critical approaches to reading poems that engage with, for example, war, domesticity,Modernism, linguistic innovation, place, the dramatic monologue, Postmodernism and the lyric. A chronology and detailed bibliography of primary and secondary sources, covering more than 200 writers, make this an invaluable reference source for scholars and students of British poetry and women’s writing.
- Copyright:
- 2005
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- ISBN-13:
- 9780521819466
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 01/28/19
- Copyrighted By:
- Jane Dowson and Alice Entwistle
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Poetry, Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Debbie Morton
- Proofread By:
- N/A
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.