The Oxford companion to modern poetry /

Contributor(s): Noel-Tod, Jeremy [editor.] | Hamilton, Ian, 1938-2001 [editor.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford paperback referencePublisher: Oxford Oxford University Press, 2014Edition: Second editionDescription: xxiii, 706 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780198704850; 0198704852 (paperback)Other title: Modern poetrySubject(s): Poets, American -- 20th century -- Biography -- Dictionaries | Poets, English -- 20th century -- Biography -- Dictionaries | Commonwealth poetry (English) -- Dictionaries | American poetry -- 20th century -- Dictionaries | English poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism | English poetry -- 21st century -- History and criticism | Poets, English -- 20th century -- Dictionaries | Poets, English -- 21st century -- Dictionaries | Poets, Commonwealth -- 20th century -- Biography -- DictionariesDDC classification: F
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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."--Book Jacket.
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"First Edition published as The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry in English in 1994"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

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."--Book Jacket.