The Oxford companion to modern poetry /
Modern poetry in English
[edited by] Jeremy Noel-Tod, Ian Hamilton.
- 2nd edition.
- xxiii, 706 pages ; 20 cm
Introduction to the Second Edition -- Introduction to the First Edition -- Selection of Anthologies -- Key to Contributors -- Companion to Modern Poetry -- Groups and Movements -- Lists of Prizes and Prizewinners -- General Web Links.
Over 1,700 A-Z biographies written by over 250 contributors including Seamus Heaney and Anne Stevenson. The Oxford Companion to Modern Poetry is an authoritative and accessible guide to the influential poets writing in English from 1910 to the present day. The A-Z entries explore the influences, inspirations, movements that have shaped the works and lives of these important authors. This major new edition has been expanded to include over 300 new entries covering a host of contemporary and international poets such as Don Paterson, John Kinsella, and Joy Harjo, in addition to updated entries on well-established figures such as T. S. Eliot and Carol Ann Duffy.
9780198704850 (pbk.) 0198704852
English poetry--History and criticism.--20th century Poesía inglesa --Historia y crítica--Siglo XX English poetry--History and criticism.--21st century Poesía inglesa --Historia y crítica--Siglo XXI Poets, English--20th century--Dictionaries. Poets, English--21st century--Dictionaries. Poetas ingleses --Siglo XXI--Diccionarios Poets, Commonwealth--20th century--Biography--Dictionaries. Poets, American--20th century--Biography--Dictionaries. Poets, English--20th century--Biography--Dictionaries. Commonwealth poetry (English)--Dictionaries. American poetry--20th century--Dictionaries.