The Bloomsbury Handbook of Contemporary American Poetry Image close
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Contemporary American Poetry
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Contemporary American Poetry
Show Hide Adult Content
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Contemporary American Poetry close

Literature & literary studies:

Home  
Books  
Literature & literary studies  
Poetry

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Contemporary American Poetry

Click to share your rating 0 ratings (0.0/5.0 average) Thanks for your vote!

Format:

Paperback / softback
$149.99 was $153.99 save $4.00
Releases

Pre-order to reserve stock from our first shipment. Your credit card will not be charged until your order is ready to ship.

Available for pre-order now
0 in Trolley

Buy Now, Pay Later with:

4 payments of $37.50 with Afterpay Learn more

Pre-order Price Guarantee

If you pre-order an item and the price drops before the release date, you'll pay the lowest price. This happens automatically when you pre-order and pay by credit card.

If paying by PayPal, Afterpay, Zip or internet banking, and the price drops after you have paid, you can ask for the difference to be refunded.

If Mighty Ape's price changes before release, you'll pay the lowest price.

Availability

This product will be released on

Delivering to:

It should arrive:

  • 27 Feb - 6 Mar using International Courier

Explore more Bloomsbury Handbooks

See all products in this series

The Bloomsbury Handbook to the Digital Humanities
$97.99
The Bloomsbury Handbook to the Digital Humanities
Paperback / softback
Pre-order - out 13 Jun 2024
The Bloomsbury Handbook to Toni Morrison
$111.99
The Bloomsbury Handbook to Toni Morrison
Paperback / softback
Pre-order - out 19 Sep 2024
The Bloomsbury Handbook to Cold War Literary Cultures
$149.99
The Bloomsbury Handbook to Cold War Literary Cultures
Paperback / softback
Pre-order - out 25 Jul 2024
The Bloomsbury Handbook to J. M. Coetzee
$149.99
$153.99
The Bloomsbury Handbook to J. M. Coetzee
Paperback / softback
Pre-order - out 20 Mar 2025
The Bloomsbury Handbook to Agatha Christie on Hardback
$520.99
The Bloomsbury Handbook to Agatha Christie
Hardback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
The Bloomsbury Handbook to Cold War Literary Cultures on Hardback
$520.99
The Bloomsbury Handbook to Cold War Literary Cultures
Hardback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
The Bloomsbury Handbook to Toni Morrison on Hardback
$480.99
The Bloomsbury Handbook to Toni Morrison
Hardback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
The Handbook to the Bloomsbury Group on Hardback
$668.99
The Handbook to the Bloomsbury Group
Hardback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
The Bloomsbury Handbook to Katherine Mansfield on Hardback
$547.99
The Bloomsbury Handbook to Katherine Mansfield
Hardback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
The Bloomsbury Handbook to Ageing in Contemporary Literature and Film on Hardback
$480.99
The Bloomsbury Handbook to Ageing in Contemporary Literature and Film
Hardback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Postcolonial Print Cultures on Hardback
$480.99
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Postcolonial Print Cultures
Hardback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
The Bloomsbury Handbook to Katherine Mansfield
$157.99
The Bloomsbury Handbook to Katherine Mansfield
Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Contemporary American Poetry on Hardback
$547.99
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Contemporary American Poetry
Hardback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
The Bloomsbury Handbook to Sylvia Plath
$99.99
The Bloomsbury Handbook to Sylvia Plath
Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 2-3 weeks
The Bloomsbury Handbook to Edwidge Danticat on Hardback
$547.99
The Bloomsbury Handbook to Edwidge Danticat
Hardback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Electronic Literature on Hardback
$547.99
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Electronic Literature
Hardback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks

Description

With chapters written by leading scholars such as Steven Gould Axelrod, Cary Nelson, and Marjorie Perloff, this comprehensive Handbook explores the full range and diversity of poetry and criticism in 21st-century America. The Bloomsbury Handbook of Contemporary American Poetry covers such topics as: - Major histories and genealogies of post-war poetry - from the language poets and the Black Arts Movement to New York school and the Beats - Poetry, identity and community - from African American, Chicana/o and Native American poetry to Queer verse and the poetics of disability - Key genres and forms - including digital, visual, documentary and children's poetry - Central critical themes - economics, publishing, popular culture, ecopoetics, translation and biography The book also includes an interview section in which major contemporary poets such as Rae Armantrout, and Claudia Rankine reflect on the craft and value of poetry today.

Author Biography:

Craig Svonkin is Professor of English at Metropolitan State University of Denver, USA. He is co-author (with Emory Elliott) of New Directions in American Literary Scholarship: 1980-2002 (2004). Steven Gould Axelrod is Professor of English at the University of California, Riverside, USA. He is co-editor of The New Anthology of American Poetry: Volumes 1-3 (2002-2012), editor of Robert Lowell's Memoirs (2019) and a former President of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Languages Association (2004-6).
Release date Australia
February 20th, 2025
Contributors
  • Edited by Craig Svonkin
  • Edited by Steven Gould Axelrod
Pages
552
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Dimensions
189x246x25
ISBN-13
9781350351929
Product ID
37857492

Customer previews

Nobody has previewed this product yet. You could be the first!

Write a Preview

Recommended for you

Recommended from your browsing history

Help & options

Filed under...

Books >
Literature & literary studies >
Poetry
Books >
Literature & literary studies >
Literature: history & criticism >
Literary studies: general >
Literary studies: from c 1900 -
Books >
Literature & literary studies >
Literature: history & criticism >
Literary studies: poetry & poets