The Bloomsbury Handbook of Contemporary American Poetry by Svonkin, Craig
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Contemporary American Poetry by Svonkin, Craig

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Contemporary American Poetry

With chapters written by leading scholars such as Steven Gould Axelrod, Cary Nelson, and Marjorie Perloff, this...
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Author: Craig Svonkin
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Language: English
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The Bloomsbury Handbook of Contemporary American Poetry by Svonkin, Craig

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Contemporary American Poetry

$237.06
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Contemporary American Poetry by Svonkin, Craig

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Contemporary American Poetry

$237.06
Author: Craig Svonkin
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
With chapters written by leading scholars such as Steven Gould Axelrod, Cary Nelson, and Marjorie Perloff, this comprehensive Handbook explores the full range and diversity of poetry and criticism in 21st-century America.

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Contemporary American Poetry covers such topics as:

- Major histories and genealogies of post-war poetry - from the language poets and the Black Arts Movement to New York school and the Beats
- Poetry, identity and community - from African American, Chicana/o and Native American poetry to Queer verse and the poetics of disability
- Key genres and forms - including digital, visual, documentary and children's poetry
- Central critical themes - economics, publishing, popular culture, ecopoetics, translation and biography

The book also includes an interview section in which major contemporary poets such as Rae Armantrout, and Claudia Rankine reflect on the craft and value of poetry today.

Author: Craig Svonkin
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 02/20/2025
Pages: 552
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.13lbs
Size: 9.69h x 7.44w x 1.11d
ISBN: 9781350351929

About the Author

Craig Svonkin is Professor of English at Metropolitan State University of Denver, USA. He is co-author (with Emory Elliott) of New Directions in American Literary Scholarship: 1980-2002 (2004).

Steven Gould Axelrod is Professor of English at the University of California, Riverside, USA. He is co-editor of The New Anthology of American Poetry: Volumes 1-3 (2002-2012), editor of Robert Lowell's Memoirs (2019) and a former President of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Languages Association (2004-6).
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