THE OXFORD ANTHOLOGY OF GREAT ENGLISH POETRY - VOLUME 1, SPENCER TO CRABBE & VOLUME 2, BLAKE TO HEANEY - COMES WITH SLIPCASE.

John Wain

Published by Book Club Associates by arrangement with Oxford University Press, 1996

About this Item

This gorgeous pair of hardback books (Volume 1 & 2) come with a lovely red & gilt slipcase. Both books are in exceptional condition, with red leather & gilt bound spine, finished with grey cloth & fabulous gilt titles. Normal wear and marks apply, consistent with use and age. Volume 1 has 659 pages, and Volume 2 has 770 pages. All pages intact from both volumes and all pages and text are in fantastic, clean, readable order. The true poet, said W.H. Auden, is like a valley cheese, local but prized elsewhere. This two volume anthology celebrates four centuries of English Poetry, from the Elizabethan era to the present day. Representing this tradition of unfailing richness and variety are all the great and familiar names, Shakespeare, Donne, Marvell, Dryden, Pope, Keats, Wordsworth, Browning, Eliot, Auden, as well as poets writing today such as Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes. But many of the less well known poets are here, too, adding their thrust to the mainstream, often providing interesting exceptions to what has become the conventional view of poetry of their age. The result is a rich and many coloured tapestry of the art that has been most successfully practised in Britain and Ireland, in all its depth and divesity and energy. This edition published 1996, by BCA, by arrangement with Oxford University Press, these specific volumes were a first reprint in 1997. A stunning pair of books that are nicely presented in their slipcase and would adourn any stylish home or commercial library. Seller Inventory # 389

Bibliographic Details

Title: THE OXFORD ANTHOLOGY OF GREAT ENGLISH POETRY...

Publisher: Book Club Associates by arrangement with Oxford University Press

Publication Date: 1996

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good