A History of American Poetry

<p><i>A History of American Poetry</i> presents a comprehensive exploration of the development of American poetic traditions from their pre-Columbian origins to the present day.</p> <ul> <li>Offers a detailed and accessible account of the entire range of American poetry</li> <li>Situates the story of American poetry within crucial social and historical contexts, and places individual poets and poems in the relevant intertextual contexts</li> <li>Explores and interprets American poetry in terms of the international positioning and multicultural character of the United States</li> <li>Provides readers with a means to understand the individual works and personalities that helped to shape one of the most significant bodies of literature of the past few centuries</li> </ul>