Overview

"In 450 entries ranging in length from 300 to more than 2,500 words each, """"The Facts On File Companion to British Poetry: 1900 to the Present"""" is a new A-to-Z encyclopedic guide that introduces high school and college students to some of the best-loved 20th and 21st-century British poets and poetry. Appendixes include a general bibliography and a glossary of poetic terms."

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Author:   James Persoon ,  Robert R. Watson
Publisher:   Facts On File Inc
Imprint:   Facts On File Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 19.60cm , Height: 4.30cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   1.304kg
ISBN:  

9780816064069

ISBN 10:   0816064067
Pages:   568
Publication Date:   28 February 2009
Audience:   Primary & secondary/elementary & high school ,  College/higher education ,  Secondary ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Poets, from the turn-of-the-century masters to today's most highly acclaimed, including Thomas Hardy, A.E. Housman, Wilfred Owen, William Butler Yeats, Dylan Thomas, W.H. Auden, Robert Graves, Philip Larkin, Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney, and Geoffrey Hill; Major poems, such as """"Anthem for Doomed Youth,"""" """"Sailing to Byzantium,"""" """"September 1, 1939,"""" and """"Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night"""" Important themes, topics, and movements."

Reviews

Those libraries that have purchased the first titles in this series will certainly want to add this one as well, as will any library seeking treatment of the lesser-known poets included here. Recommended for high-school, public, and academic libraries. -Booklist, starred review

Those libraries that have purchased the first titles in this series will certainly want to add this one as well, as will any library seeking treatment of the lesser-known poets included here. Recommended for high-school, public, and academic libraries. -Booklist, starred review

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