Poetry and Class

by Sandie Byrne

Book Overview

This study discusses the representation of class in poetry in English from Britain and Ireland between the fourteenth and twenty-first centuries, and the effect of class on the production, dissemination, and reception of that poetry. It looks at the factors which enable and obstruct the production of poetry, such as literacy, education, patronage, prejudice, print, and the various alleged revivals of poetry in Britain, and the relationship between...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030293041
• ISBN13: 9783030293048
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 453 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.3"