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Poetry of the Thirties
Robin (Ed) Skelton
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Paperback. Auden, Lewis, MacNeice and other key poets of the 'Thirties' were children of the First World War, obsessed by war and by communalism and by the class-struggle. But from within their strongly defined unity of ideals, a varied body of poetry emerged. This book arranges the poetry to make a 'critical essay' of the period. Editor(s): Skelton, Robin. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224.
Auden, Day, Lewis, Spender, MacNeice and the other key poets of the Thirties were children of the First World War, obsessed by war and by communalism, by the class-struggle and a passionate belief in poets as people whose actions are as publically important as their poems.For them, the Spanish Civil War epitomized the mood of the times, as their symbolic obsessions were transmuted into tragic reality. But from within their strongly defined unity of ideals, an astonishingly varied body of poetry emerged. Robin Skelton has arranged the poetry to make an illuminating `critical essay' of the period, ... Read more
Auden, Day, Lewis, Spender, MacNeice and the other key poets of the Thirties were children of the First World War, obsessed by war and by communalism, by the class-struggle and a passionate belief in poets as people whose actions are as publically important as their poems.For them, the Spanish Civil War epitomized the mood of the times, as their symbolic obsessions were transmuted into tragic reality. But from within their strongly defined unity of ideals, an astonishingly varied body of poetry emerged. Robin Skelton has arranged the poetry to make an illuminating `critical essay' of the period, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Series
Penguin Modern Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141184579
SKU
V9780141184579
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About Robin (Ed) Skelton
Robin Skelton (12 October 1925 - 22 August 1997) was a British-born academic, writer, poet, and anthologist.
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