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A HISTORY OF AMERICAN POETRY
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By: |
Richard Gray |
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ISBN 10: |
1118795342 |
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9781118795347 |
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Publisher: |
JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD |
Pub. date: |
20 March, 2015 |
Pages: |
542 |
Description: |
A History of American Poetry presents a comprehensive exploration of the development of American poetic traditions from their pre-Columbian origins to the present day. |
Synopsis: |
A History of American Poetry presents a comprehensive exploration of the development of American poetic traditions from their pre-Columbian origins to the present day. * Offers a detailed and accessible account of the entire range of American poetry * Situates the story of American poetry within crucial social and historical contexts, and places individual poets and poems in the relevant intertextual contexts * Explores and interprets American poetry in terms of the international positioning and multicultural character of the United States * Provides readers with a means to understand the individual works and personalities that helped to shape one of the most significant bodies of literature of the past few centuries |
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UK |
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Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd) |
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