Poetry Today: A Critical Guide to British Poetry, 1960-1984

by Anthony Thwaite

This is the most authoritative and up to date survey of contemporary British poetry. It is the third version of a successful survey that first appeared in 1973, and provides a succinct and accessible overview of British poets, movements and themes. The study begins with the poetry of Robert Graves and considers such influential figures as John Betjeman, W. H. Auden, Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath, but much of the book focuses on the work of poets who...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0582494192
• ISBN13: 9780582494190
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Not Avail
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.