The Columbia Anthology of British Poetry

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YA?A one-volume anthology that contains major British poetry from Beowulf to the present day. Poets receive a short biographical introduction along with their poetry. Schools will find this a fine, comprehensive source. It includes more female poets than most comparable anthologies, and is conducive to browsing. Major poems such as Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner," Britain's best-loved poems, and newly rediscovered poems are part of this collection.Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.


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A chronologically-ordered compendium of British verse from Old and Middle English to the present, with due recognition to women poets, contemporary poets, and poets from Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.


Review
"Among the countless anthologies of poetry, one always looks for a book in which both scholarship and taste contribute at the highest levels. For anyone who writes or reads poetry, or has the sensibility to be drawn to it, this is the book." -- James Dickey


Mark Strand
Superb . . . The ideal introduction to British poetry.


James Dickey
Among the countless anthologies of poetry, one always looks for a book in which both scholarship and taste contribute at the highest levels. For anyone who writes or reads poetry, or has the sensibility to be drawn to it, this is the book.


Mark Strand
Superb. . . . The ideal introduction to British poetry.


Book Description
A sweeping compendium of British verse from Old and Middle English to the present, including the best work of poets from every corner of the British Isles, this anthology offers the most up-to-date and comprehensive single volume available.


About the Author
Carl Woodring is George Edward Woodberry Professor of Literature Emeritus at Columbia University. The coeditor of The Columbia History of British Poetry (Columbia, 1993), he is also the author of such works as Nature into Art and Politics in English Romantic Poetry which won the Gauss Award.James Shapiro is Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature and Associate Chair of the English and Comparative Literature Department at Columbia University. He is the author of Rival Playwrights: Marlowe, Jonson, Shakespeare and co-editor of The Columbia History of British Poetry (1993) and Shakespeare and the Jews (Columbia, 1995).


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A chronologically-ordered compendium of British verse from Old and Middle English to the present, with due recognition to women poets, contemporary poets, and poets from Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)


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