Modern Poetry Selection

Author: Luo Ruobing
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: This is a collection of selected modern poems from Britain and America. British modern poetry, starting from Hardy; American modern poetry generally begins with Harriet Monroe's founding of Poetry magazine in Chicago in November 1912. Thus, our collection of modern poems from Britain and America naturally begins with Hardy. This collection of modern poems is compiled by selecting famous poems from each period, so some representatives of certain schools may not have their works included in this book. This book is primarily intended as supplementary reading material for students at the college level and above, hence, in addition to artistic quality, it places more emphasis on the readability and of the poems.
Modern society is a turbulent and rapidly changing one, bringing both prospects and anxieties to humanity, opportunities for development and numerous pressures. Against this backdrop, modern poetry has given rise to numerous schools and poets. Modern poetry is rarely constrained by subject matter, with a wide range of themes suitable for inclusion. It expresses the feelings of modern people in modern society and modern life, depicting all aspects of their lives. Modern poetry presents a broader scope of time and space than any previous era, making it more diverse and rich than ever before. It vividly portrays the various relationships between people, society, nature, and the self in the modern civilization stage, reflecting a multicultural and more open trend.
The pursuit of the perfect existence of life, the endless exploration of artistic form, and a deeper humanistic concern for truth are all themes in modern poetry. The people and things depicted by modern poets are no longer the traditional figures found in the works of their predecessors. Modern poets turn their gaze to human nature, even when it is distorted, with the aim of calling for justice and harmony. This is modern poetry, and this is the mission of modern poets!