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English Poetry

A New Illustrated History

This is the first general history of English poetry to be published for a generation. It sets out to celebrate poetry as one of the glories of English culture, and to describe clearly, and sometimes passionately, the lives and works of those who created it.

The great ages of English poetry - Elizabethan, Augustan, Romantic, Victorian and Modernist - are evoked in turn, while the classics of American poetry receive a chapter of their own. The book concludes with a brief survey of some contemporary poetry and a discussion of the very nature of poetry, in the past and in the present.

Filled with information and perceptive criticism, this book will be an invaluable resource for all students of literature and a delight for the general reader.

Publication Date: 8th September 2008 
ISBN: 9780951483848
377 pages
170 Ilustrations
Price: £20
 
 

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Publication date: 31 October 2007
ISBN: 9780951483831
250 pages
240 illustrations
Price: £15 hardback