Table of Contents

Chronology; Introduction Alex Davis and Lee M. Jenkins; Part I. Contexts: 1. Modernist poetry in history David Ayers; 2. Schools, movements and manifestoes Paul Peppis; 3. The poetics of modernism Peter Nicholls; 4. Gender, sexuality and the modernist poem Christanne Miller; Part II. Authors and Alliances: 5. Pound or Eliot: whose era? Lawrence Rainey; 6. HD and revisionary mythmaking Rachel Blau DuPlessis; 7. Yeats, Ireland, modernism Anne Fogarty; 8. Modernist poetry in the British Isles Drew Milne; 9. US modernism I. Moore, Stevens and the modernist lyric Bonnie Costello; 10. US modernism II. The other tradition: Williams, Zukofsky, Olson Mark Scroggins; 11. The poetry of the Harlem Renaissance Sharon L. Jones; 12. Caliban's modernity: postcolonial poetry of Africa, South Asia, and the Caribbean Jahan Ramazani; Part III. Receptions: 13. Modernist poetry and the canon Jason Harding; Guide to further reading; Index.

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A comprehensive and accessible overview of modernist poetry, its forms, its major authors and its contexts.

About the Author

Alex Davis is Senior Lecturer in Modern English at University College Cork. Lee M. Jenkins is Senior Lecturer in Modern English at University College Cork.

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'As an introductory text to modernist poetry this companion would be a welcome addition to any university library serving English or American literature departments.' Reference Reviews