Contemporary American poetry can often seem intimidating and daunting in its variety and complexity. This engaging and accessible book provides the first compre

Explores the ways in which American poetry has documented and sometimes helped propel the literary and cultural revolutions of the past sixty-five years.

This book provides an overview of poetry from England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland from the postwar period through to the twenty-first century.

This book offers a comprehensive introduction to studying the diversity of American poetry in the twenty-first century.

Poetry has long been thought of as a genre devoted to grand subjects, timeless themes, and sublime beauty. Why, then, have contemporary poets turned with such i