The Oxford Book Of Twentieth Century English Verse
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Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
A landmark in twentieth-century literary curation, The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse stands as one of the most celebrated and debated poetry anthologies of its era, assembled by one of England's most distinctive poetic voices. Chosen by Philip Larkin, this authoritative collection brings together a sweeping panorama of English poetry from 1900 to the early 1970s, spanning the elegiac twilight of the Georgian tradition through the modernist upheavals of Eliot and Auden, and on to the intimate, irony-laden post-war verse that defined Larkin's own generation. The anthology presents works from over two hundred poets, charting the radical transformations in English sensibility wrought by two world wars, industrial change, and the gradual dissolution of empire. Larkin's editorial vision is itself a literary statement — idiosyncratic, opinionated, and unapologetically rooted in a tradition of clarity, feeling, and formal restraint. Published by Oxford University Press in 1973, the collection sparked considerable critical debate for its selective championing of accessible, native English verse over the transatlantic modernism of Pound and his disciples, making it as much a critical manifesto as a reference work. For students, scholars, and poetry lovers alike, it remains an indispensable and provocative window into a century of the English lyric imagination — and a vivid record of one great poet's taste.
Author: Philip Larkin
Format: Hardback
Published: 1984, Oxford University Press
Genre: Poetry
Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
A landmark in twentieth-century literary curation, The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse stands as one of the most celebrated and debated poetry anthologies of its era, assembled by one of England's most distinctive poetic voices. Chosen by Philip Larkin, this authoritative collection brings together a sweeping panorama of English poetry from 1900 to the early 1970s, spanning the elegiac twilight of the Georgian tradition through the modernist upheavals of Eliot and Auden, and on to the intimate, irony-laden post-war verse that defined Larkin's own generation. The anthology presents works from over two hundred poets, charting the radical transformations in English sensibility wrought by two world wars, industrial change, and the gradual dissolution of empire. Larkin's editorial vision is itself a literary statement — idiosyncratic, opinionated, and unapologetically rooted in a tradition of clarity, feeling, and formal restraint. Published by Oxford University Press in 1973, the collection sparked considerable critical debate for its selective championing of accessible, native English verse over the transatlantic modernism of Pound and his disciples, making it as much a critical manifesto as a reference work. For students, scholars, and poetry lovers alike, it remains an indispensable and provocative window into a century of the English lyric imagination — and a vivid record of one great poet's taste.