Scanning the Century: The Penguin Book of the Twentieth Century in Poetry: Penguin History of the 20th Century in Poetry - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670880116 ISBN 13: 9780670880119

Publisher: Viking, 1999

Synopsis

Drawing on poetry written in English and on European poetry in translation, this unique anthology tells the story of the century in verse - primarily the story of world events but also of social changes, technical developments and ways of thinking and behaving. There are sections on The Jazz Age (Mayakovsky, Eliot), Work (Betjeman, Elizabeth Bishop), the Sixties (Dylan, Adrian Mitchell), the Holocaust (Primo Levi), All the Lonely People (Larkin, Frost, Lennon/McCartney), and many more. The 20th 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 was born in Burton-on-Trent in 1947
and now lives in London N2. He has been Editor of the Poetry Society's Poetry Review since 1986.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0670880116
• ISBN 13: 9780670880119
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 640
• Editor: Forbes Peter