This ambitious and revelatory collection turns the traditional chronology of anthologies on its head, listing poems according to their first individual appearance in the language rather than by poet.
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'an exceptionally rich collection. Even the best-read will find poets in it who are new to them...' - John Carey, Sunday Times
'... assiduously researched, deftly managed and exhilaratingly ramified, [this] is a landmark anthology, perhaps the last great one-volume work of its kind' - TLS
'Keegan arranges the poems, rather than the authors, in chronological order; a radical manoeuvre with a startlingly vivifying effect' - John Lanchester, Daily Telegraph
'this big book is welcome: serious, wide-ranging and sometimes surprising... a book you should buy, and read, and argue with' - Anthony Thwaite, Sunday Telegraph
'Keegan's book is rich with discoveries and reclaimings... [a] very exciting, bold new book.' - James Wood, Guardian
'This anthology is a huge joy. [Keegan] shows the scholarship his system requires, and great taste besides.' - Tom Payne, Daily Telegraph
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Paul Keegan is Poetry Editor at Faber and Faber.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By Angel House
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This is a comprehensive collection. The only reason for it not being marked with five stars is because some poems (like TS Eliot's The Wasteland) are only extracts. I would prefer the full version but then I suppose the book would be even bigger.
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By Wallman
Format:Paperback
Many people probably buy just one poetry anthology, so chosing a good one is important. This one certainly contains a large proportion of the poems, that I expected to find in a general anthology, though inevitably any choice will be personal and affected by changing fashion. This anthology includes translations and verse in dialect, together with a wide range of types of verse, often missing from anthologies. However, it omits American and other non-British writers, apart from poets such as TS Eliot, who came to have a close relationship with the UK. An unusual feature of this anthology is that poems were grouped according to year of publication, rather than by author, which I think was a mistake, as it is surely more likely, that readers would want to look at a particular poets work, rather than verses from one particular year.
By Shaz
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This was a text that was required for one of my modules at University, so I don't really have stuff to say about it with bursting enthusiasm. However it does have a very good collection of poetry in chronological order of dates when written, and it covers a huge historical span from Chaucer to relatively modern stuff. It also has a good contents section, so everything is super easy to find.
This anthology also contains poems from anonymous writers, which I thought was great and quite interesting to read, especially with the war poetry. This is a really thick anthology, and there and LOADS of poems inside.
This anthology also contains poems from anonymous writers, which I thought was great and quite interesting to read, especially with the war poetry. This is a really thick anthology, and there and LOADS of poems inside.
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Paperback or e-book?
I have this anthology in both formats. I bought the e-book first and like some other reviewers, I found navigation very frustrating. So *** at most as a rating. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Hempnall
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A must
Besides chronological order this collection has two precious features it shares with the John Hayward original (probably still my favourite anthology), its often highly original... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Simon G. Barrett
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It is as it is!
If you like poetry and yearn for a single volume containing the 'best of the best' that English verse has to offer, this is the book for you. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Mr. J. Gardner
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why I did not buy
I already have the hard back of Oxford English verse but it is a few years old now so I thought it would be nice to have an updated one on my new Kindle, I was a bit dubious when I... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Anthony
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Cannot afford it
I'd like to review this book but unfortunately I can't afford to buy it. What a ludicrous price for an ebook anthology of poetry much of which is out of copyright. Read more
Published on 3 Mar 2011 by I. Proctor
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annoying limitations and very expensive
I can see the point behind only using extracts of long poems in a physical book, but those limitations don't exist in an e-book, so why can't we have the complete texts. Read more
Published on 4 Jan 2011 by AK
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Kindle Price
I have already bought this in paperback and when I saw it for the Kindle I was pleased as lugging the paperback around is not easy, but pricing it considerably more means a lost... Read more
Published on 16 Nov 2010 by Kindle User
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