Persoon, James

Presents an analysis of British poetry in the first forty years of the twentieth century, focusing on the influence of war on the poetry of the period, and looking at the work of Robert Graves, W. H. Auden, Dylan Thomas, and numerous others including lesser-known poets.

Contains four hundred and fifty entries on British poetry from 1900 to the twenty-first century, which features poets such as Thomas Hardy, Wilfred Owen, William Butler Yeats, and many others; discusses themes, topics, and movements; and includes a glossary of poetic terms, bibliographies, and cross-referencing.