| Description |
1 online resource (562 pages) |
| Contents |
Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I. Mid-Twentieth-Century Poetry; Introduction; Chapter 1. George Oppen: 1908-1984; Chapter 2. Theodore Roethke: 1908-1963; Chapter 3. Charles Olson: 1910-1970; Chapter 4. Elizabeth Bishop: 1911-1979; Chapter 5. Carlos Bulosan: 1911?-1956; Chapter 6. Robert Hayden: 1913-1980; Chapter 7. Muriel Rukeyser: 1913-1980; Chapter 8. John Berryman: 1914-1973; Chapter 9. Julia De Burgos: 1914-1953; Chapter 10. Randall Jarrell: 1914-1965; Chapter 11. Gwendolyn Brooks: 1917-2000; Chapter 12. Robert Lowell: 1917-1977 |
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Chapter 13. Robert Duncan1919-1988Chapter 14. James Dickey: 1923-1997; Chapter 15. Denise Levertov: 1923-1997; Chapter 16. Mitsuye Yamada: b. 1923; Chapter 17. Robert Creely: 1926-2005; Chapter 18. Allen Ginsberg: 1926-1997; Chapter 19. James Merrill: 1926-1995; Chapter 20. Frank O'Hara: 1926-1966; Chapter 21. John Ashbery: b. 1927; Chapter 22. Anne Sexton: 1928-1974; Chapter 23. Joseph Awad: 1929-2009; Chapter 24. Adrienne Rich: b. 1929; Chapter 25. Gary Snyder: b. 1930; Chapter 26. Derek Walcott: b. 1930; Chapter 27. Sylvia Plath: 1932-1963; Chapter 28. Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones): b. 1934 |
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Chapter 29. Diane Di Prima: b. 1934Part II. Late-Twentieth-Century/Early-Twenty-First-Century Poetry; Introduction; Chapter 30. Susan Howe: b. 1937; Chapter 31. Luis Omar Salinas: 1937-2008; Chapter 32. Michael S. Harper: b. 1938; Chapter 33. Kathleen Spivack: b. 1938; Chapter 34. Frank Bidart: b. 1939; Chapter 35. Robert Pinsky: b. 1940; Chapter 36. Bob Dylan: b. 1941; Chapter 37. Lyn Hejinian: b. 1941; Chapter 38. Alex Kuo: b. 1941; Chapter 39. Wanda Coleman: b. 1946; Chapter 40. Rae Armantrout: b. 1947; Chapter 41. Linda Hogan: b. 1947; Chapter 42. Yusef Komunyakaa: b. 1947 |
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Chapter 43. Nathaniel Mackey: b. 1947Chapter 44. Gerald Mccarthy: b. 1947; Chapter 45. W.D. Ehrhart: b. 1948; Chapter 46. Carol Frost: b. 1948; Chapter 47. Victor Hernandez Cruz: b. 1949; Chapter 48. Charles Bernstein: b. 1950; Chapter 49. Carolyn Forche: b. 1950; Chapter 50. Maurya Simon: b. 1950; Chapter 51. John Yau: b. 1950; Chapter 52. Ray A. Young Bear: b. 1950; Chapter 53. Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: 1951-1982; Chapter 54. Joy Harjo: b. 1951; Chapter 55. Rita Dove: b. 1952; Chapter 56. Naomi Shihab Nye: b. 1952; Chapter 57. Alberto Rios: b. 1952; Chapter 58. Gary Soto: b. 1952 |
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Chapter 59. Mark Doty: b. 1953Chapter 59. Harryette Mullen: b. 1953; Chapter 60. Gjertrud Schnackenberg: b. 1953; Chapter 61. Elmaz Abinader: b. 1954; Chapter 62. Lorna Dee Cervantes: b. 1954; Chapter 63. Marilyn Chin: b. 1955; Chapter 64. Cathy Song: b. 1955; Chapter 65. Amy Gerstler: b. 1956; Chapter 66. Li-Young Lee: b. 1957; Chapter 67. Bao-Long Chu: b. 1965; Chapter 68. Sherman Alexie: b. 1966; Chapter 69. Queen Latifah (Dana Owens): b. 1970; About the Editors; Copyrights and Permissions; Index |
| Summary |
Steven Gould Axelrod, Camille Roman, and Thomas Travisano continue the standard of excellence set in Volumes I and II of this extraordinary anthology. Volume III provides the most compelling and wide-ranging selection available of American poetry from 1950 to the present. Its contents are just as diverse and multifaceted as America itself and invite readers to view the world of poetry in the larger historical context of American culture. Nearly three hundred poems allow readers to explore canonical works by such poets as Elizabeth Bishop and Sylvia Plath, as well as song lyrics from such popu |
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American poetry -- 20th century.
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American poetry
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Axelrod, Steven Gould, 1944-
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Roman, Camille, 1948-
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Travisano, Thomas, 1951-
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| ISBN |
1283684063 |
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9781283684064 |
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