The Oxford Companion to Modern poetry

Over 1,500 detailed entries on modern poets writing in English Covers experimental as well as traditional poetry Includes entry-level bibliographies pointing to trustworthy resources Useful appendices including a guide to poetry groups and movements, a reading list of contemporary anthologies and chronologies of important poetry prizes, and prize-winners Recommended web links to modern poetry resources listed and regularly updated on a companion website New to this edition All existing biographies have been updated to include events from 1994 to the present day New poets that have come to prominence since the 1994 edition have been added Recommended web links are listed and regularly updated on a dedicated companion website This impressive volume provides over 1,500 thoroughly revised and updated entries on modern poets active from 1910 to the present day. An extensive guide to the lives of influential poets writing in English, in Britain and around the world, this companion helps to illuminate the influences, inspirations, and movements that have shaped the lives and works of these important authors. First published in 1994 as the Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Poetry in English and compiled by a team of 230 experts, including famous poets such as Carol Rumens and Andrew Motion, this edition also includes new biographical entries on more contemporary poets such as Don Paterson, Anne Carson, John Kinsella, and Leslie Marmon Silko. It also contains insightful entries by well-known peers, such as Seamus Heaney on Robert Lowell and Anne Stevenson on Sylvia Plath. The A-Z biographies are complemented by new appendices including coverage of poetry events and movements and lists of anthologies and important poetry prizes and prize-winners. In addition, many entries include details of in-depth supplementary material available online on the dedicated companion website. This superb reference work is the ideal companion for students of English Literature, Language, and Creative Writing, as well as for anyone with an interest in modern poetry.