London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1969 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. viii, 224 pp, acknowledgments, I. Marx and the Muse; II. Christopher Caudwell and John Cornford: Poets in the Party; III. C. Day Lewis: Between Two Worlds; IV. W. H. Auden: The Island and the City; V. Louis Macneice and Stephen Spender: Sense and Sensibility; postscript, bibliography, index. First Edition, 1969. "This book is a detailed critical study of the poetry written during the 1930s, and exmines the character given to their work, and to the literature of the period generally, by the diverse interpretations of marxist ideas which these writers entertained.The first chapter surveys a broad range of literature as a reflection of changing ideas about the role of te imaginative writer in society. This is then related to more formal expressions of critical doctrine and in particular to the response of a new generation to the poetic theory of T. S. Eliot, while successive chapters analyze the work of the individual poets." from the jacket flap. Not Price Clipped. 1/4" closed tear to bottom edge spine, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine..

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 001979
Title: Poets of the Thirties,
Author: Maxwell, D. E. S
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0710063970
ISBN 13: 9780710063977
Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1969
Keywords: LITERARY CRITICISM POETRY POETS OF THE THIRTIES CRITICISM AND INTERPRETATION
Bookseller catalogs: LITERARY CRITICISM;
Size: 8vo

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