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The Alvarez Generation : Thom Gunn, Geoffrey Hill, Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, and Peter Porter
by Wootten, William
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- ISBN 10
- 1781381631
- ISBN 13
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Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED and inscribed to Peter & Christine Porter. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 228 pages : 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- PART I -- Chapter One: Beginnings: Oxford and Cambridge Poetry in the Early 1950s -- Chapter Two: Violent Times: Anti-Movement Poetry in the Mid to Late 1950s -- Chapter Three: In Opposite Directions: A. Alvarez and Thom Gunn -- Chapter Four: Against Gentility -- Chapter Five: On Being Serious -- Chapter Six: Anthology-Making -- Chapter Seven: First Reactions: The Review Debate and the Initial Response to The New Poetry -- PART II -- Chapter Eight: Sylvia Plath -- PART III -- Chapter Nine: Going to Extremes -- Chapter Ten: 'A Study of Suicide' -- PART IV -- Chapter Eleven: Against Extremism -- Chapter Twelve: Costing Seriousness -- Chapter Thirteen: 'I Don't Like Dramatizing Myself' -- Chapter Fourteen: Birthday Letters -- Chapter Fifteen: Geoffrey Hill's New Poetry -- Chapter Sixteen: Children of The New Poetry -- Bibliography -- Index. Subjects; Gunn, Thom Criticism and interpretation. Hill, Geoffrey Criticism and interpretation. Hughes, Ted Criticism and interpretation. Plath, Sylvia Criticism and interpretation. Porter, Peter Criticism and interpretation. Gunn, Thom. Hill, Geoffrey. Hughes, Ted. Plath, Sylvia. Porter, Peter. English poetry. Poets, English 20th century ; Biography. Poetry 20th century Criticism and interpretation.
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- Title
- The Alvarez Generation : Thom Gunn, Geoffrey Hill, Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, and Peter Porter
- Author
- Wootten, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1781381631
- ISBN 13
- 9781781381632
- Publisher
- Liverpool : Liverpool University Press
- Date Published
- 2015
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