{"product_id":"9781405129244","title":"A Concise Companion to Postwar British and Irish Poetry","description":"\u003ch3\u003eConcise Companions to Literature and Culture\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eA Concise Companion to Postwar British and Irish Poetry\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eNigel Alderman | C. D. Blanton\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Poetry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis volume introduces students to the most important figures, movements and trends in post-war British and Irish poetry.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn historical overview and critical introduction to the poetry published in Britain and Ireland over the last half-century\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduces students to figures including Philip Larkin, Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney, and Andrew Motion\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTakes an integrative approach, emphasizing the complex negotiations between the British and Irish poetic traditions, and pulling together competing tendencies and positions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten by critics from Britain, Ireland, and the United States\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes suggestions for further reading and a chronology, detailing the most important writers, volumes and events\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cb\u003eNigel Alderman\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant professor of English at Mount Holyoke College. He previously taught at Yale University where he was awarded the Sidonie Miskimin Clauss Prize for Teaching Excellence in the Humanities and the Sarai Ribicoff Award for the Encouragement of Teaching at Yale College. He has published on both Romantic and Modern poetry and is completing a book on British literature of the sixties.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eC. D. Blanton\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley, where he teaches modern poetry. He has previously taught at Princeton University. He is currently completing a study of late modernist British poetry entitled Aftereffects, and together with Nigel Alderman he has edited \u003ci\u003ePocket Epics: British Poetry After Modernism.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e04 May 2009\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\u003e9781405129244\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e328\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22.72\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44315144519820,"sku":"9781405129244","price":117.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405129244_5ca6f92a-a9d9-4618-a4b0-e57efd91ee96.jpg?v=1780235570","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405129244","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}