A Companion to Contemporary British and Irish Poetry, 1960 - 2015

A COMPANION TO CONTEMPORARY BRITISH AND IRISH POETRY, 1960-2015 A comprehensive and scholarly study of contemporary British and Irish poetry. With contributions from an international group of noted scholars in the field, A Companion to Contemporary British and Irish Poetry, 1960-2015 offers a wide range of perspectives on British and Irish verse and on the contemporary poetry scene. Essays explore the richness and complexities of the work of individual poets, genres, forms, techniques, traditions, concerns, and institutions that have shaped these two distinct but interrelated national poetries. Part of the acclaimed Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture series, this book is a comprehensive study of the most important British and Irish poetry of the last fifty years. This insightful and multi-dimensional volume: explores the shaping institutions (publishers, anthologies, prizes), histories, and reception of contemporary British and Irish poetry, including the international reception presents detailed analysis of individual texts coupled with a broad perspective on individual poets' work and that of larger groups of poets offers discussions of major themes and genres takes into account the work of canonical and less canonical writers gives prominent place to the work of women writers gives extensive space to the discussion of verse by writers of ethnic minority backgrounds explores issues of gender and sexuality in contemporary poetry combines consideration of traditional verse with that of avant-garde and experimental poetry offers revaluations of received ideas concerning individual poets and groups of poets provides an international perspective on British and Irish poetry Written for specialists in and students of contemporary English-language poetry, as well as for the general reader, A Companion to Contemporary British and Irish Poetry, 1960-2015, is a unique, provocative, and ground-breaking study of its subject.