Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Cambridge Introduction to modernist poetry The Cambridge Introduction to modernist poetry Howarth, Peter "Modernist poems are some of the twentieth-century's major cultural achievements, but they are also hard work to read. This wide-ranging introduction takes readers through modernism's most famous poe… OL16134650W
The Cambridge Companion to Ted Hughes The Cambridge Companion to Ted Hughes Terry Gifford "Ted Hughes is unquestionably one of the major twentieth-century English poets. Radical and challenging, each new title produced something of a shock to British literary culture. Only now is the brea… OL16212423W
Gender, desire, and sexuality in T.S. Eliot Gender, desire, and sexuality in T.S. Eliot Nancy K. Gish,Cassandra Laity "This collection of new essays brings together scholars from a wide range of critical approaches to study T. S. Eliot's engagement with desire, homoeroticism, and early twentieth-century feminism in … OL18526908W
Poetry and Theology in the Modernist Period Poetry and Theology in the Modernist Period Anthony Domestico 1 online resource OL20214917W
From philosophy to poetry From philosophy to poetry Donald J. Childs "Eliot is the rare case of a great poet who was also an academic philosopher and Professor Child's study examines the relationship between his writing of poetry and his philosophical pursuits, in par… OL3277478W
Power, plain English, and the rise of modern poetry Power, plain English, and the rise of modern poetry Rosen, David In this engaging book David Rosen offers a radically new account of Modern poetry and revises our understanding of its relation to Romanticism. OL4687895W
Women, modernism and British poetry, 1910-1939 Women, modernism and British poetry, 1910-1939 Jane Dowson "This book primarily maps the poetry scene in Britain but identifies the significance of the network of writers between London, New York and Paris. It assesses women's participation in the diversity … OL5732986W
The First World War in Irish poetry The First World War in Irish poetry Jim Haughey "Drawing on the work of over thirty Irish poets whose careers span the twentieth century, from soldier poets like Francis Ledwidge to influential figures like Yeats, Joyce, and Heaney, Jim Haughey's … OL6213616W
Civil humor Civil humor Stephen W. Delchamps "This book represents the first full-length study of the life and work of London poet Gavin Ewart (1916-1995). Through a comprehensive reading of Ewart's enormous body of work, the author argues that… OL6214777W