From Modernism to Postmodernism: American Poetry and Theory in the Twentieth Century

by Jennifer Ashton

Book Overview

In this overview of twentieth-century American poetry, Jennifer Ashton examines the relationship between modernist and postmodernist American poetics. Ashton moves between the iconic figures of American modernism - Stein, Williams, Pound - and developments in contemporary American poetry to show how contemporary poetics, specially the school known as language poetry, have attempted to redefine the modernist legacy. She explores the complex currents...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521101557
• ISBN13: 9780521101554
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"