The Oxford Book of English Verse

Ricks, Christopher

ISBN 10: 0192141821 / ISBN 13: 9780192141828

Published by Oxford University Press, 1999

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Synopsis:

Over 820 wonderful poems, long and short, covering seven and a half centuries of English verse from all parts of the British Isles.

About the Author: One of the best-known living literary critics.

The W. H. Auden quotation (see Full Description) is from a review of Ricks's Longman edition of Tennyson. He writes: 'Reading Professor Ricks's comments and observations convinces me that he is exactly the kind of critic every poet dreams of finding. No poet wants either uncritical admirers or decoders who discover in his poems secret symbols and meanings which never entered his mind. But every poet thinks of himself as a craftsman, a maker of verbal objects: what he hopes for is that critics will notice the technical means by which he secures his effects. Alas, so few critics do. Professor Ricks is a happy exception.'

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Oxford Book of English Verse
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date: 1999
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good