Overview
Examines a broad historical range of poetry, from early modern to contemporary poetry
Pays attention to upper- and middle-class poets in addition to the working-class poets usually examined
Examines dialect and accent as well as making overt statements about language and power
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This study discusses the representation of class in poetry in English from Britain and Ireland between the fourteenth and twenty-first centuries, and the effect of class on the production, dissemination, and reception of that poetry. It looks at the factors which enable and obstruct the production of poetry, such as literacy, education, patronage, prejudice, print, and the various alleged revivals of poetry in Britain, and the relationship between class and poetic form. Whilst this is a survey that cannot be comprehensive, it offers a number of case-studies of poets and poems from each period considered.
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Book Title: Poetry and Class
Authors: Sandie Byrne
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29302-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-29301-7Published: 31 January 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-29304-8Published: 26 August 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-29302-4Published: 30 January 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 453
Topics: Poetry and Poetics, British and Irish Literature, Literary History