Poetry in Theory
An Anthology 1900-2000
Blackwell Anthologies
Poetry in Theory: An Anthology 1900-2000 brings together key
critical and theoretical texts from the twentieth century which
have animated debates about modern poetry.
* Helps readers to think critically about the nature of modern
poetry, and to engage with broader questions about aesthetics,
language, culture and imagination.
* Includes texts by poets, critics, theorists and philosophers,
ranging from Ezra Pound to Jacques Derrida.
* Texts in translation from French, German, Spanish, Italian and
Russian are presented alongside the work of writers from Britain,
Ireland, the United States, Africa, India and the Caribbean.
* Each text is accompanied by a brief biographical and thematic
introduction.
* A system of cross-referencing points up significant connections
and disagreements between the texts.
* Includes a thematic index and chronology.
Introduction.
Part I: 1900-20.
Part II: 1921-40.
Part III: 1941-60.
Part IV: 1961-80.
Part V: 1980-2000.
Select Bibliography.
Thematic Index.
Index
this rich, wide-ranging anthology shows just how fruitful the
encounter between the two has been. Jon Cook's excellent
collection should prove a salutary lesson for all those who assume,
utterly against the evidence, that literary theory has had nothing
to say about the shape of the sentences and the texture of the
verse."
--Terry Eagleton, University of Manchester
