NEW OXFORD BOOK OF ENGLISH VERSE, 1250-1950

by Helen--Ed. Gardner ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 26, 1972

Not a revision of Quiller-Couch's famed Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900 (several editions) but a new anthology. Gardner, who follows Q's basis selection criteria (the ""lyrical or epigrammatic"" best), includes only poets established by 1950 and only those from the British Isles, the one exception being Pound who wrote appropriately, ""To have gathered from the air a live tradition/or from a fine old eye the unconquered flame/This is not vanity.

Pub Date: Oct. 26, 1972

ISBN: 0198121369

Page Count: -

Publisher: Oxford

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1, 1972

Categories: NONFICTION