Poetry for Historians - Or, W. H. Auden and History (Paperback)

This is a book about the conflict between history and poetry - and historians and poets - in Atlantic World society from the end of the seventeenth century to the present day. Blending historiography and theory, it proceeds by asking: what is the point of poetry as far as historians are concerned? The focus is on W. H. Auden's Cold War-era history poems, but the book also looks at other poets from the seventeenth century onwards, providing original accounts of their poetic and historical educations. An important resource for those teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses in historiography and history and theory, Poetry for historians will also be of relevance to courses on literature in society and the history of education. General readers will relate it to Steedman's Landscape for a Good Woman (1987) and Dust (2001), on account of its biographical and autobiographical insights into the way history operates in modern society. -- .

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2018
First published:	2018
Authors:	Carolyn Steedman
Dimensions:	206 x 138 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	295
ISBN-13:	978-1-5261-2523-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General Books > Humanities > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > Theory & methods > Historiography
LSN:	1-5261-2523-4
Barcode:	9781526125231

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