The Cambridge Companion to American Poets

The Cambridge Companion to American Poets, as one might expect, consists primarily of essays examining the lives and works of American poets. The bulk of the entries – 23 of the total 31 – is concerned with a single poet. Among these is an entry on the American-born T.S. Eliot, who is known as a British writer. Eliot, although he lived most of his adult life in England, famously had an immense effect on American poetry. The remaining entries round out the picture of poetry in America by examining poetic movements and groupings of poets whose works were influenced...