{"product_id":"2026100007964-secondhand-the-english-parnassus-an-anthology-chiefly-of-longer-poems","title":"The English Parnassus: An Anthology Chiefly Of Longer Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth\/board in good condition. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Tight binding, no loose pages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe English Parnassus stands as a landmark collection in the canon of English verse, assembling the most ambitious and expansive poems from the breadth of the English literary tradition into a single authoritative volume. Curated by two distinguished academic scholars — W. Macneile Dixon, Professor of English Literature at the University of Glasgow, and H.J.C. Grierson, Emeritus Professor at the University of Edinburgh — the anthology presents longer-form poems that demand full immersion, from Renaissance epics to Romantic meditations, guided by scholarly introductions and notes that illuminate each work's historical and literary context.\n\nThe collection argues, implicitly but powerfully, that it is in the longer poem — the ode, the elegy, the narrative verse — that the true character of English poetry resides, revealing a tradition of intellectual and aesthetic ambition that short lyrics alone cannot convey. Dixon and Grierson's editorial voices are precise and authoritative, grounding each selection in rigorous scholarship while never diminishing the reader's encounter with the verse itself. For students of literature, collectors, and devoted readers of poetry, this volume remains an indispensable companion to the English poetic imagination — one that rewards every return to its pages.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130694508763,"sku":"2026100007964-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/81b02429-fef1-4901-83d9-d832b890fa6d.png?v=1786588672","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100007964-secondhand-the-english-parnassus-an-anthology-chiefly-of-longer-poems","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}