Contemporary British Poetry
Subtitle: Essays in Theory and Criticism
Contributors: James Acheson (Editor); Romana Huk (Editor)
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: February 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 418
ISBN-13: 9780791427675
Subjects: Poetry & poets: from c 1900 -; Literary Criticism; English Contemporary Poetry; Poetry; English; United Kingdom, Great Britain; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; 20th century; English poetry; History and criticism; Theory, etc
Description: Devoted to close readings of poets and their contexts from various postmodern perspectives, this book offers a wide-ranging look at the work of feminists and "post feminist" poets, working class poets, and poets of diverse cultural backgrounds, as well as provocative re-readings of such well-established and influential figures as Donald Davie, Ted Hughes, Geoffrey Hill, and Craig Raine.

Contributors include many respected theorists and critics, such as Antony Easthope, C. L. Innes, John Matthias, Edward Larrissy, Linda Anderson, Eric Homberger, Alastair Niven, R. K. Meiners, and Cairns Craig, in addition to new writers working from new theoretical perspectives.

Their approaches range from cultural theory to poststructuralism; each essayist addresses a general audience while engaging in debates of interest to postgraduates and specialists in the fields of twentieth-century poetry and cultural studies. The book's strength lies in its diversity at every level.