Poetry Today

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Focusing on contemporary British poetry, this authoritative survey offers an accessible overview of significant poets, movements, and themes from 1973 to the present. It begins with Robert Graves and includes influential figures like John Betjeman, W. H. Auden, Ted Hughes, and Sylvia Plath. The book emphasizes recent prominent poets such as Wendy Cope, Carol Ann Duffy, Simon Armitage, Glyn Maxwell, Sean O'Brien, and Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney. Anthony Thwaite has thoroughly updated and expanded this edition, making it a vital resource for poetry enthusiasts.