Poetry as activism Article by UD Library, Museums and Press Staff Illustration by Kris Raser February 17, 2023 Mellon Foundation grant supports UD Library project focused on 20th-century ...

T.S. Eliot was not only one of the most important 20th-century poets—he defined what poetry of the era ought to be.

But even William Cullen Bryant, surely a bright star of 19th-century poetry — the prodigy who, at 17, wrote “Thanatopsis” — is treated with disdain: “By the end of the 20th century, most ...

His best known poem is “Those Winter Sundays,” which is one of the most anthologized poems of the 20th century.

Last week, I was reading John Burnside’s “ The Music of Time: Poetry in the Twentieth Century.” It’s a good book, combining personal reminiscence and intensive reflection on works by poets ...

Forgive me! But Stevens exerted such an influence on 20th-century poetry that the list wouldn’t feel complete without him.

Researchers are using new technology to restore broken records and bring the voices of poets — silent for most of a century — back to life.

Compiled with a coherent view of history and certain political assumptions, “Frontier Taiwan,” an anthology of 20th-century poetry from Taiwan, clearly makes a statement.