Considering Poetry: an approach to criticism. Contributors: W. Barton, M.G. Benton, R.A. Cox, B.W. Derbyshire, J.W.D. Hibberd, P.M. Wilson; G.P. Fox; Arnold Thompson. Edited by B.A. Phythian. (The New School Series)

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ISBN 10: 0340114657 / ISBN 13: 9780340114650

Published by London: English Universities Press, 1970

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Laminated boards. Inscribed on the front free endpaper, "'Our Muse labours: and thus she is deliver'd . . .' For my parents. Dominic Hibberd March 1970". Sixth-form school textbook - probably the first book in which "J.W.D. Hibberd's" name appears (in any variation) on the title-page. Aged 28, the future biographer of Wilfred Owen, like all the contributors except Fox and Thompson, was on the staff of Manchester Grammar School. Four poems by Owen are included, the same number as by John Donne, George Herbert and R.S. Thomas; the only poets to have more printed are Gerard Manley Hopkins (7), William Wordsworth (6) and Ted Hughes (5).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Considering Poetry: an approach to criticism. Contributors: W. Barton, M.G. Benton, R.A. Cox, B.W. Derbyshire, J.W.D. Hibberd, P.M. Wilson; G.P. Fox; Arnold Thompson. Edited by B.A. Phythian. (The New School Series)
• Publisher: London: English Universities Press
• Publication Date: 1970
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0340114657
• ISBN 13: 9780340114650
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

This text presents a wide-ranging collection of material for group study and discussion. The first section covers essential basic work on reading poetry and poetry techniques, and the second section provides an anthology containing progressively challenging poetry.

About the Author

Michael Benton is a highly respected author of Britain's leading poetry anthologies for schools including the 'New Touchstones' series and three books on paintings and poems - 'Double Vision', 'Painting With Words' and 'Picture Poems'. He is a lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Southampton.