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The Oxford Book of English Verse
Christopher Ricks
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Description for The Oxford Book of English Verse
Hardcover. Christopher Ricks's 'Oxford Book of English Verse' -- third in succession, after Arthur Quiller-Couch's original volume (1900) and Helen Gardner's new selection (1972) -- is a treasury from more than seven centuries of the poet's art. Poems that are also translations are included. Editor(s): Ricks, Christopher. Num Pages: 752 pages, index. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1020.
Here is a treasure-house of over seven centuries of English poetry, chosen and introduced by Christopher Ricks, whom Auden described as 'exactly the kind of critic every poet dreams of finding'. The Oxford Book of English Verse, created in 1900 by Arthur Quiller-Couch and selected anew in 1972 by Helen Gardner, has established itself as the foremost anthology of English poetry: ample in span, liberal in the kinds of poetry presented. This completely fresh selection brings in new poems and poets from all ages, and extends the range by another half-century, to include many twentieth-century figures not featured before -- ... Read more
Here is a treasure-house of over seven centuries of English poetry, chosen and introduced by Christopher Ricks, whom Auden described as 'exactly the kind of critic every poet dreams of finding'. The Oxford Book of English Verse, created in 1900 by Arthur Quiller-Couch and selected anew in 1972 by Helen Gardner, has established itself as the foremost anthology of English poetry: ample in span, liberal in the kinds of poetry presented. This completely fresh selection brings in new poems and poets from all ages, and extends the range by another half-century, to include many twentieth-century figures not featured before -- ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Number of pages
742
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
Weight
1020g
Number of Pages
752
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780192141828
SKU
V9780192141828
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-31
About Christopher Ricks
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 ... Read more
Reviews for The Oxford Book of English Verse
Ricks has an exceptionally sharp but benevolent eye for what is canonical, and also for what might shine, were the dust blown off it ... his selection is reliable and enterprising ... although authoritative, his book has about it a satisfying openness and variety.
Andrew Motion, Financial Times, 9/10/99
Ricks, I am pleased to see, has included no ... Read more
Andrew Motion, Financial Times, 9/10/99
Ricks, I am pleased to see, has included no ... Read more