The Cambridge Companion to American Poetry Since 1945

Book Overview

The extent to which American poetry reinvented itself after World War II is a testament to the changing social, political, and economic landscape of twentieth-century American life. Registering an important shift in the way scholars contextualize modern and contemporary American literature, this Companion explores how American poetry has documented and, at times, helped propel the literary and cultural revolutions of the past sixty-five years. Offering...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521147956
• ISBN13: 9780521147958
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 267 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"