This is the first critical study to offer a sustained analysis of the theme of cancer in contemporary poetry. In discussing works by major poets, including Paul Muldoon, Jo Shapcott and Christopher Reid, Cancer Poetry traces the complex ways in which poets represent cancer, and assesses how poetry can be instrumental to emotional recovery.
| ISBN: | 9781137361998 |
| Publication date: | 9th September 2015 |
| Author: | Iain Twiddy |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 232 pages |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: poetry and poets Cultural studies Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Literary theory |
This is the first critical study to offer a sustained analysis of the theme of cancer in contemporary poetry. In discussing works by major poets, including Paul Muldoon, Jo Shapcott and Christopher Reid, Cancer Poetry traces the complex ways in which poets represent cancer, and assesses how poetry can be instrumental to emotional recovery.
Cancer Poetry features in the following genres: Literary studies: poetry and poets, Cultural studies, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary theory
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Cancer Poetry was written by Iain Twiddy and published by Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK
Cancer Poetry has 232 pages
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