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The Golden Treasury
Of Classic English Verse
Langbeschreibung
The Golden Treasury is one of the best loved anthologies of English poetry ever published. The book was meticulously compiled by poet and scholar, Francis Turner Palgrave, in collaboration with Alfred Tennyson, who was then poet laureate. It's arranged chronologically into four books which each celebrate a different era in the evolution of English poetry. All the greats are here from Shakespeare and Milton, Marvell and Pope, Wordsworth and Keats. First published in 1861 it became the standard anthology for over 100 years.This Macmillan Collector's Library edition includes a foreword by poet laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, and is published to mark Macmillan's 175th anniversary
Hauptbeschreibung
A beautiful edition of The Golden Treasury, one of the most widely read anthologies of English Verse ever published.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Section - i: Foreword by Carol Ann Duffy Section - ii: Dedication Section - iii: Preface Unit - 1: Book I: Elizabethan Unit - 2: Book II: 17th Century Unit - 3: Book III: 18th Century Unit - 4: Book IV: 19th Century Index - iiii: Index of Writers Index - v: Index of First Lines
Francis Turner Palgrave was born in 1824 and educated at Charterhouse and Oxford University. After ten years in the education department of the civil service, he was appointed professor of poetry at Oxford University. He published three volumes of his own poetry, but is best remembered for compiling The Golden Treasury of English Songs and Lyrics, which was first published in 1861. He died in 1897.
ISBN-13:
9781509888764
Veröffentl:
2018
Erscheinungsdatum:
16.10.2018
Seiten:
427
Autor:
Francis Turner Palgrave
Gewicht:
227 g
Format:
157x98x25 mm
Serie:
Macmillan Collector's Library
Sprache:
Englisch