内容简介
ThisConciseCompaniongivesreadersarichsenseofhowthepoetryproducedintheUnitedStatesduringthetwentiethcenturyisconnectedtothecountry’sintellectuallifemorebroadly.Helpsreaderstofullyappreciatethepoetryoftheperiodbytracingitshistoricalandculturalcontexts.Writtenbyprominentspecialistsinthefield.Placesthepoetryoftheperiodwithincontextssuchas:war;feminismandthefemalepoet;poetriesofimmigrationandmigration;communismandanti-communism;philosophyandtheory.Eachchapterrangesacrosstheentirecentury,comparingpoetsfromonepartofthecenturytothoseofanother.Newsynthesesmakethevolumeofinteresttoscholarsaswellasstudentsandgeneralreaders.