The Oxford Anthology of English Poetry by John Wain

The Oxford Anthology of English Poetry by John Wain

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The first of two volumes which comprise an anthology of verse in English spanning four centuries, from the Elizabethan era to the present day. This volume covers Spenser to Crabbe, while volume 2 covers Blake to Heaney. A banded set of the two volumes is also available.

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The Oxford Anthology of English Poetry by John Wain

The first of two volumes which comprise an anthology of verse in English spanning four centuries, from the Elizabethan era to the present day. This volume covers Spenser to Crabbe, while volume 2 covers Blake to Heaney. A banded set of the two volumes is also available.

John Wain was an English novelist and critic who lived from 1925 to 1994. He taught poetry at Oxford from 1973 to 1988 and produced or edited more than seventy books. A Winter in the Hills (1970) and The Pardoner's Tale (1978) are two of his novels; Letters to Five Artists (1969) is a collection of poems; and critical studies of Arnold Bennett (1967) and Samuel Johnson (1975) are two of his critical studies.

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ISBN 13 9780192827975
ISBN 10 0192827979
Title The Oxford Anthology of English Poetry
Author John Wain
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Oxford University Press
Year published 1990-11-01
Number of pages 684
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