250 Poems: A Portable Anthology

250 Poems offers a wide and well-balanced selection of chronologically arranged poems, supported by succinct, practical editorial features, at a great price.

This volume in Bedford/St. Martin’s popular series of Portable Anthologies and Portable Guides offers the series’ trademark combination of high quality and great value for teachers of literature and their cost-conscious students.

Peter Schakel is Peter C. and Emajean Cook Professor of English at Hope College. He is author of The Poetry of Jonathan Swift (1978) and four books on C.S. Lewis, including Imagination and the Arts in C.S. Lewis (2002) and The Way into Narnia: A Reader’s Guide (2005). He is also editor of Critical Approaches to Teaching Swift (1992) and The Longing for a Form: Essays and Fiction on C.S. Lewis (1977).

Jack Ridl is Professor Emeritus of English at Hope College where he taught courses in literature and poetry writing for thirty-five years. He has published six volumes of poetry; his most recent collection, Broken Symmetry, was selected by the Society of Midland Authors as one of the two best volumes of poetry published in 2006. His chapbook Against Elegies received the 2001 Letterpress Award from the Center for Book Arts. His recognitions for teaching include the Michigan Teacher of the Year award from the Carnegie Foundation in 1996.

Professors Ridl and Schakel have also co-edited Approaching Poetry (1997); Approaching Literature (2nd ed., 2008); and Literature: A Portable Anthology (2nd ed., 2009).