The Cambridge Introduction to Twentieth-Century American Poetry

The Cambridge Introduction to Twentieth-Century American Poetry
By:Christopher Beach
Published on 2003-10-23 by Cambridge University Press

This book gives readers a thorough introduction to the movements and schools of American poets in the twentieth century.

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