Modern English Poetry-from Hardy to Hughes: A Critical Survey - Hardcover

The book examines the work of the key figures in English poetry of the twentieth century, and in particular the means by which they tackled the problem of finding a poetic identity. The development of English poetry is thus seen here as a constant process of dialogue with tradition, with the work of non-English poets writing in English and with the changing nature of England itself under the impact of the major political and social events of the century.