An Introduction to Twentieth-Century Poetry in English

by Draper, R. P.

• ISBN13: 9780312219819
• ISBN10: 0312219814
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-06-12
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This critical survey of modern poetry from Thomas Hardy to Seamus Heaney considers both the self-consciously revolutionary innovations of Modernism and more traditional developments, taking into account the extent to which "English" can no longer be equated solely with England. Scottish, Welsh and Irish poetry, as well as poetry from Commonwealth countries such as Australia, New Zealand and the Caribbean, are recognized as equally important aspects of the diversity that characterizes modern poetry in English. In particular, the contributions of North American poets receive the major emphasis that their achievements and extensive influence warrant.

Author Biography

R. P. Draper is Emeritus Professor at the University of Aberdeen.

Table of Contents

Preface	vi
Acknowledgements	viii
Introduction	1	(10)
Modernism	11	(22)
Pound
Eliot
William Carlos Williams
Wallace Stevens
An Alternative Tradition	33	(27)
Hardy
Housman
Frost
Kipling
Graves
Private and Public	60	(20)
Yeats
Lowell
Poetry of Two World Wars	80	(18)
Auden and Co.	98	(18)
'Black Mountain', and the Poetry of	116	(22)
D. H. Lawrence
Ted Hughes
Women's Poetry	138	(23)
Regional, National and Post-Colonial (I)	161	(26)
Regional, National and Post-Colonial (II)	187	(31)
Experiment and Tradition: Concrete Poetry	218	(19)
John Ashbery
Philip Larkin
Notes	237	(10)
Select Bibliography	247	(42)
Index	289