Author: Michael Thurston

Poetry makes nothing happen, ‘ wrote W. H. Auden in 1939, expressing a belief that came to dominate American literary institutions in the late 1940s–the idea that good poetry cannot, and should not, …

Drawing on a variety of interdisciplinary debates in cultural studies and contemporary theory, Modernism, Inc . provides a new look at the relationship between modernism and postmodernism within the …

Combining detailed explorations of both mainstream and experimental poets with a clear historical and literary overview, Reading Postwar British and Irish Poetry offers readers at all levels an ideal …

Combining detailed explorations of both mainstream and experimental poets with a clear historical and literary overview, Reading Postwar British and Irish Poetry offers readers at all levels an ideal …

Poetry makes nothing happen, " wrote W. H. Auden in 1939, expressing a belief that came to dominate American literary institutions in the late 1940s–the idea that good poetry cannot, and should …

"Finally, the first of Norton’s long-awaited treatments of Ernest Hemingway, the American who, more than anyone, changed the look and sound of modern American prose. Academic rigor and impeccabl …