Iron Honey Gold (Two-Volume Set)
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Author: David Holbrook
Binding: Hardback
Published: Cambridge University Press, 1965
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Worn and faded pictorial boards. Name on feps. Clean text.
Iron Honey Gold presents a two-volume anthology that instructs young readers in the expressive and moral power of verse. Drawing from English literary tradition and global sources—including Chinese poetry, folk ballads, and canonical works by Hardy, Wordsworth, and de la Mare—Holbrook curates selections that illustrate poetry’s capacity to shape thought, emotion, and ethical awareness. He argues for verse as a formative tool in education, emphasizing rhythm, imagery, and narrative as vehicles for personal and cultural insight. The set balances literary appreciation with pedagogical clarity, offering structured commentary and author indexes to support classroom use and independent study.
Author: David Holbrook
Binding: Hardback
Published: Cambridge University Press, 1965
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Worn and faded pictorial boards. Name on feps. Clean text.
Iron Honey Gold presents a two-volume anthology that instructs young readers in the expressive and moral power of verse. Drawing from English literary tradition and global sources—including Chinese poetry, folk ballads, and canonical works by Hardy, Wordsworth, and de la Mare—Holbrook curates selections that illustrate poetry’s capacity to shape thought, emotion, and ethical awareness. He argues for verse as a formative tool in education, emphasizing rhythm, imagery, and narrative as vehicles for personal and cultural insight. The set balances literary appreciation with pedagogical clarity, offering structured commentary and author indexes to support classroom use and independent study.