Late Modernist Poetics : From Pound to Prynne

The first book to argue that late modernism is a salient feature of post-1945 literature. Offers a critical theory of late modernism, showing how notions of cultural redemption have survived in contemporary poetry. Unique in theorising recent linguistically innovative poetry rather than just using critical theory to endorse it. Wide-ranging contextual study focusing on the poetry of Pound, Olson, Celan, and Prynne. Essential reading for literary theorists, cultural historians, and scholars of modernism and modern poetryMellors, Anthony is the author of 'Late Modernist Poetics : From Pound to Prynne', published 2011 under ISBN 9780719058868 and ISBN 0719058864.