Scanning The Century: The Penguin Book Of The Twentieth Century In Poetry - Softcover

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 014058899X ISBN 13: 9780140588996

Publisher: Penguin, 2000

Synopsis

Drawing on poetry written in English, and European poetry in translation, this unique anthology tells the story of the century in verse - primarily the story of world events, but also social changes, technical developments and ways of thinking and behaving. There are sections on Omens (Cavafy, Yeats), The Jazz Age (Mayakovsky, Eliot), Work (Betjeman, Elizabeth Bishop), the Sixties (Dylan, Adrian Mitchell) and so on. The twentieth century has been a great age of poetry - this book uses poetry itself to throw light on the century.

About this title

Synopsis:

Drawing on poetry written in English and on European poetry in translation, this anthology tells the story of the 20th century in verse - primarily the story of world events but also of social changes, technical developments, and ways of thinking and behaving.

About the Author:

Peter Forbes lives in London N2. He has been Editor of the Poetry Society's magazine Poetry Review since 1986.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 014058899X
• ISBN 13: 9780140588996
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 640
• Editor: Forbes Peter