A History of American Poetry

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A History of American Poetry

Richard Gray

Description

A History of American Poetry presents a comprehensive exploration of the development of American poetic traditions from their pre-Columbian origins to the present day.

Offers a detailed and accessible account of the entire range of American poetry
Situates the story of American poetry within crucial social and historical contexts, and places individual poets and poems in the relevant intertextual contexts
Explores and interprets American poetry in terms of the international positioning and multicultural character of the United States
Provides readers with a means to understand the individual works and personalities that helped to shape one of the most significant bodies of literature of the past few centuries

About the Author

Richard Gray has been Professor or Distinguished Visiting Professor at several universities in the UK and USA, including Essex, Georgia and South Carolina. He is the first specialist in American literature to be elected a Fellow of the British Academy and has published over a dozen books on the topic, including the award-winning Writing the South: Ideas of an American Region (1986) and The Life of William Faulkner: A Critical Biography (1994).

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A History of American Poetry

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A History of American Poetry