Poets of the English Language: Romantic Poets - Blake to Poe v. 4 (Viking portable library)

Auden, W. H.

ISBN 10: 0140150528 / ISBN 13: 9780140150520

Published by Viking Portable Library, 1977

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1977. Reprint. Paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Seller Inventory # V9780140150520

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Poets of the English Language: Romantic Poets - Blake to Poe v. 4 (Viking portable library)
• Publisher: Viking Portable Library
• Publication Date: 1977
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140150528
• ISBN 13: 9780140150520
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

DESCRIPTION OF BOOK: A MASTERFUL SELECTION OF WORKS FROM ONE OF THE RICHEST OF ALL LITERARY PERIODS. WILLIAM BLAKE, ROBERT BURNS,SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE, WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, LORD BYRON, PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY, JOHN KEATS, RALPH WALDO EMERSON, EDGAR ALLAN POE. AND MANY OTHERS. "I FIND IT HARD TO USE ANYTHING BUT SUPERLATIVES ON THE AUDEN-PEARSONCOLLECTION OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN VERSE. IT IS THE BEST (AND I KNOW IT IS THE BEST) COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION OF ITS KIND IN EXISTENCE." - HORACE GREGORY.

About the Author

W.H. Auden was born in 1907 and went to Oxford University, where he became Professor of Poetry from 1956 to 1960. After the publication of his Poems in 1930, he became the acknowledged leader of the 'thirties poets'. His poetic output was prolific, and he also wrote verse plays in collaboration with Christopher Isherwood, with whom he visited china. In 1946 he became a U.S. citizen. He died in 1973.