Modern English Poetry: A Selection

Critical Editions is a series intended to bring literary texts closer to students of both postgraduate and undergraduate levels. This anthology of modern British poetry includes representative poems by the important poets of the canon and helps introduce the reader to the sheer exuberance and variety of this period in British poetry. The detailed introduction offers a survey of the main themes, styles and poets. The commentaries accompanying each poem will enable students to unravel the more obscure references and contextual implications of the poem in question. The edition includes a select bibliography in the area to enable further reading and research.