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- Title
Contemporary American Poetry.
- Authors
Knight, Christopher J.
- Abstract
The article presents an evaluation of contemporary American poetry. The article focuses on one particular book, which sets out to make a dramatic impact upon what people think of as the canon of contemporary poetry. Harold Bloom's edited anthology, "The Best of the Best American Poetry: 1988-1997" is an anthology culled from the first 10 volumes of "The Best American Poetry" series, whose general editor has been David Lehman. In the present anthology's foreword Lehman writes that If the books in the series have lived up to their collective title, this anthology of anthologies might define a contemporary canon.
- Subjects
UNITED States; AMERICAN poetry; AUTHORS; LEHMAN, David, 1948-; ANTHOLOGIES; BEST of the Best American Poetry 1988-1997, The (Book)
- Publication
American Literary History, 2002, Vol 14, Issue 1, p181
- ISSN
0896-7148
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.1093/alh/14.1.181