20th-Century Poetry & Poetics - Softcover

Geddes, Gary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195402030 ISBN 13: 9780195402032

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1973

Synopsis

The fourth edition of this ground-breaking anthology provides an in-depth portrait of fifty-nine poets from Britain, the United States, and the Commonwealth. Where possible, the poems are placed within the significant context of the poets own views on their work; in addition there are useful biographies and comments on the poets, who include Auden, Pound, Elliot and Dylan Thomas. Among the additions to the fourth edition are Nobel Prize winner Derek Walcott, well known American poets Sharon Olds, Louise Gluck, Denise Leverton, Galway Kinnell, Robert Hass, Robert Bly, and Rita Dove; Scottish poet Carol Ann Duffy; Irish poet Eavan Boland; and Canadians Patrick Lane, Sharon Thesen, Don McKay, Erin Moure, and B.P. Nichol.

About this title

About the Author:

Gary Geddes is at Concordia University.

Review:

"As a reference text for those well versed in poetry, it offers enough to confirm and challenge predjudices. As a starting point for someone first showing an interest in verse, it's just as likely to create a new Walcott as a new Marlatt, and that speaks volumes about the fine job Geddes has done. Edmonton Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1973
• ISBN 10: 0195402030
• ISBN 13: 9780195402032
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 649