This volume introduces students to the most important figures, movements and trends in post-war British and Irish poetry. <ul> <li>An historical overview and critical introduction to the poetry published in Britain and Ireland over the last half-century</li> <li>Introduces students to figures including Philip Larkin, Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney, and Andrew Motion</li> <li>Takes an integrative approach, emphasizing the complex negotiations between the British and Irish poetic traditions, and pulling together competing tendencies and positions</li> <li>Written by critics from Britain, Ireland, and the United States</li> <li>Includes suggestions for further reading and a chronology, detailing the most important writers, volumes and events</li> </ul>
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