The twentieth century in poetry : a critical survey / Peter Childs.

This text examines both "English" poetry through the events of the 20th century and British history through its representations in recent poetry. It builds a narrative not of poetry in the 20th century but of the 20th century in poetry. A high proportion of literature courses include an ex...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Childs, Peter, 1962-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.
Subjects:	1900-1999 English poetry > 20th century > History and criticism. Literature and history > Great Britain > History > 20th century. Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 20th century. POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. English poetry Literature and history Literature and society Gedichten. Engels. Geschiedenis. Great Britain Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History
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Table of Contents:

1. 'Union Jacks in every part' : prewar and Georgian poetry
2. 'Not concerned with poetry' : World War I
3. 'Birth, and copulation, and death' : the 1920s and T.S. Eliot
4. 'Demon and beast' : the 1920s and W.B. Yeats
5. In/between the wars : poetry in the 1930s
6. 'Philosophical sundials of history' : poetry after the war
7. 'Ted Hughes is Elvis Presley' : recent anthologies by men
8. 'My history is not yours' : recent anthologies by women
9. Anti- and post-colonial writing : Northern Irish and Black British poets.

The twentieth century in poetry : a critical survey / Peter Childs.

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