£99.84

Bloomsbury Humor in Modern American Poetry

Price data last checked 59 day(s) ago - refreshing...

View at Amazon

We'll watch every seller, every day. One email when your price arrives.

This is the most expensive it has ever been. Walk away.

£100 today · previous high £100 · all-time low £100

NEW HERE?

Amazon shows you one price. We show you all of them.

Tosheroon watches Amazon prices so you don't have to. Every product on Amazon has a price history — we make it visible. Set the price you'd actually pay, and we'll email you the second it gets there. No app, no account, one email.

WHAT'S ON THIS PAGE

↓ Price chart
when this has been cheap or pricey
↓ Forecast
where the price is heading next
↓ Statistics
all-time high & low, recent range
↑ Price alert
name your number, we'll email you

Price History & Forecast

Grey patches = out of stock. Cheaper = lower on the chart. Hover for exact prices.

Last 32 days • 32 data points (No recent data available)

Historical
Generating forecast...
£99.84 £99.51 £99.58 £99.65 £99.73 £99.80 £99.87 12 March 2026 19 March 2026 27 March 2026 04 April 2026 12 April 2026

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 32 days • 1 price levels

Days at Price
32 days 0 8 16 24 32 £100 Days at Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £100 (32 days, 100.0%)

Price range: £100 - £100

Price levels: 1 different prices over 32 days

Description

Modern poetry, at least according to the current consensus, is difficult and often depressing. But as Humor in Modern American Poetry shows, modern poetry is full of humorous moments, from comic verse published in popular magazines to the absurd juxtapositions of The Cantos. The essays in this collection show that humor is as essential to the serious work of William Carlos Williams as it is to the light verse of Phyllis McGinley. For the writers in this volume, the point of humor is not to provide “comic relief,” a brief counterpoint to the poem’s more serious themes; humor is central to the poems’ projects. These poets use humor to claim their own poetic authority; to re-define literary tradition; to show what audience they are writing for; to make political attacks; and, perhaps most surprisingly, to promote sympathy among their readers. The essays in this book include single-author studies, discussions of literary circles, and theories of form. Taken together, they help to begin a new conversation about modernist poetry, one that treats its lighthearted moments not as decorative but as substantive. Humor defines groups and marks social boundaries, but it also leads us to transgress those boundaries; it forges ties between the writer and the reader, blurs the line between public and private, and becomes a spur to self-awareness.

Key Features

Humor in Modern American Poetry

Product type: ABIS BOOK

Brand: Bloomsbury

Product Specifications

Format
hardcover
Domain
Amazon UK
Release Date
16 November 2017
Listed Since
11 January 2017

Barcode

No barcode data available

Similar Products You Might Like

Women, Modernism and British Poetry, 1910–1939: Resisting Femininity
97% match

Women, Modernism and British Poetry, 1910–1939: Resisting Femininity

Routledge

£136.11 09 Mar 2026
W. H. Auden's Poetry: Mythos, Theory, and Practice
97% match

W. H. Auden's Poetry: Mythos, Theory, and Practice

Cambria Press

£94.99 23 Feb 2026
Latin American Literature: Symptoms, Risks and Strategies of Poststructuralist Criticism (Nottingham Critical Theory)
97% match

Latin American Literature: Symptoms, Risks and Strategies of Poststructuralist Criticism (Nottingham Critical Theory)

Routledge

£84.99 09 Mar 2026
Literature and Literary Theory in Contemporary China (China Perspectives)
97% match

Literature and Literary Theory in Contemporary China (China Perspectives)

Routledge

£44.20 07 Mar 2026
Taking Comedy Seriously: Stand-Up's Dissident Potential in Mass Culture (Politics and Comedy: Critical Encounters)
96% match

Taking Comedy Seriously: Stand-Up's Dissident Potential in Mass Culture (Politics and Comedy: Critical Encounters)

Lexington Books

£71.79 12 Dec 2025
At Buffalo: The Invention of a New American Poetry (Plonsker)
96% match

At Buffalo: The Invention of a New American Poetry (Plonsker)

Northwestern

£14.99 09 Mar 2026
The Cambridge Companion to Andrew Marvell (Cambridge Companions to Literature)
96% match

The Cambridge Companion to Andrew Marvell (Cambridge Companions to Literature)

Cambridge University Press

£71.39 20 Apr 2026
Forms of Poetic Attention
96% match

Forms of Poetic Attention

Columbia University Press

£50.00 23 Feb 2026
The Cambridge Guide to Reading Poetry
96% match

The Cambridge Guide to Reading Poetry

Cambridge University Press

£63.88 06 Mar 2026
The Camel Who Had The Hump: From The World of Rachel Bright & Jim Field
96% match

The Camel Who Had The Hump: From The World of Rachel Bright & Jim Field

Orchard Books

£5.00 06 Feb 2026
Teaching the Art of Poetry: The Moves
96% match

Teaching the Art of Poetry: The Moves

Routledge

£174.80 09 Feb 2026
The Collected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers: Volume Four: Poetry 1903-1920, Prose, and Unpublished Writings: 4
96% match

The Collected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers: Volume Four: Poetry 1903-1920, Prose, and Unpublished Writings: 4

Stanford University Press

£59.02 30 Jan 2026
An Introduction to the Psychology of Humor
96% match

An Introduction to the Psychology of Humor

Routledge

£46.99 07 Mar 2026
Tradition and the Individual Poem: An Inquiry into Anthologies
96% match

Tradition and the Individual Poem: An Inquiry into Anthologies

Stanford University Press

£46.96 12 Apr 2026
Spontaneity and Form in Modern Prose
96% match

Spontaneity and Form in Modern Prose

£90.98 14 Jan 2026
Family Diversity and Family Policy: Strengthening Families for America’s Children: 2 (International Series in Outreach Scholarship, 2)
96% match

Family Diversity and Family Policy: Strengthening Families for America’s Children: 2 (International Series in Outreach Scholarship, 2)

Springer

£75.68 08 Mar 2026
The Cambridge Companion to the American Modernist Novel (Cambridge Companions to Literature)
96% match

The Cambridge Companion to the American Modernist Novel (Cambridge Companions to Literature)

Cambridge University Press

£50.00 23 Feb 2026
Syria and the USA: Washington's Relations with Damascus from Wilson to Eisenhower (Library of International Relations): v. 56
96% match

Syria and the USA: Washington's Relations with Damascus from Wilson to Eisenhower (Library of International Relations): v. 56

Bloomsbury

£85.00 08 Mar 2026
The Oxford Companion to Modern Poetry in English: NCS C (Oxford Paperback Reference)
96% match

The Oxford Companion to Modern Poetry in English: NCS C (Oxford Paperback Reference)

Oxford University Press

£43.40 12 Dec 2025
The Collected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers Vol 5: Volume Five: Textual Evidence and Commentary: 05
96% match

The Collected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers Vol 5: Volume Five: Textual Evidence and Commentary: 05

Stanford University Press

£74.95 23 Feb 2026
The Oxford English Literary History: Volume 12: 1960-2000: The Last of England?
96% match

The Oxford English Literary History: Volume 12: 1960-2000: The Last of England?

Oxford University Press

£21.83 15 Feb 2026
The Collected Letters of W. B. Yeats: Volume IV, 1905-1907: 4 (Yeats Collected Letters Series)
96% match

The Collected Letters of W. B. Yeats: Volume IV, 1905-1907: 4 (Yeats Collected Letters Series)

Oxford University Press

£303.56 07 Jan 2026
Routledge Susan Sontag (Routledge Revivals): The Elegiac Modernist
96% match

Routledge Susan Sontag (Routledge Revivals): The Elegiac Modernist

Routledge

£125.00 22 Feb 2026
Family Diversity and Family Policy: Strengthening Families for America’s Children: 2 (International Series in Outreach Scholarship, 2)
96% match

Family Diversity and Family Policy: Strengthening Families for America’s Children: 2 (International Series in Outreach Scholarship, 2)

Springer

£74.65 08 Mar 2026