Narrative and Voice in Postwar Poetry

Name: Narrative and Voice in Postwar Poetry
Brand: Routledge
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By Neil Roberts

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Poetry in English since the Second World War has produced a number of highly original narrative works, as various as Derek Walcott's Omeros, Ted Hughes's Gaudete and Anne Stevenson's Correspondences. At the same time, poetry in general has been permeated by narrative features, particularly those linguistic characteristics that Mickhail Bakhtin considered peculiar to the novel, and which he termed 'dialogic'. This book examines the narrative and dialogic elements in a range of poets from the immediate post-war years to the contemporary, from Britain, America, Ireland, Australia and the Caribbean, and from novel-like narratives to personal lyrics. Its unifying theme is the way in which these poets, of such contrasting styles and background, respond to and creatively adapt the language-worlds, and hence the social worlds in which they live.

Product details

Edition:

1

Number of Pages:

218

Release Date:

2015-01-30

Publication Date:

2015-02-09

Publisher:

Routledge

Languages:

Original: English

ISBN10:

1138836508

ISBN13:

9781138836501

GPSR Manufacturer Reference:

[email protected]

Weight:

411 g

Height:

145 cm

Width:

222 cm

Thickness:

15 cm

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