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The Penguin Anthology of Twentieth-century American Poetry (Hardcover)

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    Penguin proudly presents an unparalleled survey of the best poems of the past century.

    Rita Dove, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and former U .S. Poet Laureate, introduces readers to the most significant and compelling poems of the past......more

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Penguin proudly presents an unparalleled survey of the best poems of the past century.

Rita Dove, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and former U .S. Poet Laureate, introduces readers to the most significant and compelling poems of the past hundred years. Selecting from the canon of American poetry throughout the twentieth century, Dove has created an anthology that represents the full spectrum of aesthetic sensibilities-from styles and voices to themes and cultures-while balancing important poems with significant periods of each poet. Featuring poems both classic and contemporary, this collection reflects both a dynamic and cohesive portrait of modern American poetry and outlines its trajectory over the past century.

Author:
Dove, Rita
ISBN:
9780143106432
Format:
Hardcover
Pages:
599
Publish Date:
10/25/2011
Publisher:
Penguin Group USA
Language:
English

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  • Former U.S. Poet Laureate Dove takes a fresh look at the cannon of 20th-century American poetry in this hefty anthology. Dove by no means seeks to include an example of every kind of poem written during the century; rather, as she poetically says in her introduction, she picked "the poems I see emblazoned on pennants along the road we have just traversed." Later she writes, "This is the proper moment to look back-after the first decade of the twenty-first century has given us the illusion of distances, after we have reconciled ourselves to owning this scary new millennium...The past is never more truly the past than now." Of course readers will find classroom staples-Eliot's "Prufrock" and "The Waste Land"; Williams's "The Red Wheelbarrow"; Hughes's "The Negro Speaks of Rivers""-but also less of some poets (James Dickey gets only one poem, for instance) and longer poems (by poets such as John Ashbery and Frank Bidart) than one might expect in such a book. Dove shifts the emphasis slightly, suggesting, perhaps, that a highly esoteric poet like Nathaniel Mackey is as worthy of our attention as, say Carolyn Forche. This book is sure to become an important resource for those interested in poetry, and especially students, for decades to come. (Nov.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
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