Anthology of modern American poetry
By: edited by Cary Nelson.
Contributors: Nelson, Cary.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1249
Subjects: American poetry -- 20th century.
Description: Bringing together over 100 years of creative and vital American poetry in one volume, Anthology of Modern American Poetry includes over 750 poems by 161 American poets ranging from Walt Whitman to Sherman Alexie. It represents not only the traditionally familiar poetic works of the last hundred years but also includes numerous poems by women, minority, and progressive writers only rediscovered in the past two decades. It is also the first anthology to give full treatment to American long poems and poetic sequences.
Notes: Includes index.