Contemporary Poets (Bloom's Modern Critical Views)

A collection of the best critical essays on 28 major American poets, this volume attempts to answer questions about the state of American poetry. Among others, poets studied in this text include Elizabeth Bishop, Gwendolyn Brooks, Robert Penn Warren, Adrienne Rich, and Kenneth Koch. This title, Contemporary Poets, part of Chelsea House Publishers’ Modern Critical Views series, examines the major works of Contemporary Poets through full-length critical essays by expert literary critics. In addition, this title features a short biography on Contemporary Poets, a chronology of the author’s life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University.