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UNINA9910466334303321 |
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Autore |
Wootten William |
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Titolo |
The Alvarez generation : Thom Gunn, Geoffrey Hill, Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, and Peter Porter / / William Wootten |
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Liverpool : , : Liverpool University Press, , 2015 |
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1-78138-489-4 |
1-78138-760-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (256 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English poetry - 20th century - History and criticism |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; PART I; Chapter One: Beginnings: Oxford and Cambridge Poetry in the Early 1950s; Chapter Two: Violent Times: Anti-Movement Poetry in the Mid to Late 1950s; Chapter Three: In Opposite Directions: A. Alvarez and Thom Gunn ; Chapter Four: Against Gentility; Chapter Five: On Being Serious; Chapter Six: Anthology-Making; Chapter Seven: First Reactions: The Review Debate and the Initial Response to The New Poetry ; PART II; Chapter Eight: Sylvia Plath ; PART III; Chapter Nine: Going to Extremes; Chapter Ten: 'A Study of Suicide'; PART IV |
Chapter Eleven: Against ExtremismChapter Twelve: Costing Seriousness; Chapter Thirteen: 'I Don't Like Dramatizing Myself' ; Chapter Fourteen: Birthday Letters; Chapter Fifteen: Geoffrey Hill's New Poetry; Chapter Sixteen: Children of The New Poetry; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Exploration of the generation of poets anthologized in A. Alvarez's classic The New Poetry - Thom Gunn, Geoffrey Hill, Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath and Peter Porter. |
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