{"product_id":"9781405120036","title":"A Concise Companion to Twentieth-Century American Poetry","description":"\u003ch3\u003eConcise Companions to Literature and Culture\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eA Concise Companion to Twentieth-Century American Poetry\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eStephen Fredman\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ American \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis \u003ci\u003eConcise Companion\u003c\/i\u003e gives readers a rich sense of how the poetry produced in the United States during the twentieth century is connected to the country’s intellectual life more broadly. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul class=\"noindent\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eHelps readers to fully appreciate the poetry of the period by tracing its historical and cultural contexts.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten by prominent specialists in the field.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePlaces the poetry of the period within contexts such as: war; feminism and the female poet; poetries of immigration and migration; communism and anti-communism; philosophy and theory.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEach chapter ranges across the entire century, comparing poets from one part of the century to those of another.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNew syntheses make the volume of interest to scholars as well as students and general readers.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eStephen Fredman\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English and Department Chair at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of three books of criticism; \u003ci\u003ePoet’s Prose: The Crisis in American Verse\u003c\/i\u003e (1983), \u003ci\u003eThe Grounding of American Poetry: Charles Olson and the Emersonian Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e (1993), and \u003ci\u003eA Menorah for Athena: Charles Reznikoff and the Jewish Dilemmas of Objectivist Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e (2001). He has translated three books from Spanish and is also the author of \u003ci\u003eSeaslug\u003c\/i\u003e, a book of poetry.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17 June 2005\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405120036\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e288\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15.04\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44311349690508,"sku":"9781405120036","price":44.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405120036_9c28d08d-cc24-4867-a200-258786ef82b3.jpg?v=1780143873","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405120036","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}