British Poets, 1914-1945

British poetry between 1914 and 1945 is marked by its growing Anglo-American character. This trend began before World War I with the imagist movement, but once the United States entered the war in 1917, Anglo-American cultural relations became increasingly close and friendly. World War I produced an impressive body of verse; the Depression, a decade later, spawned poetry that was more and more engaged with the social and political problems of their time; while World War II failed to stimula...