The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse |
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Editor:
| Larkin, Philip |
Series title: | Oxford Book of Prose/Verse Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-19-812137-4 |
Publication Date: | Nov 1997 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $57.23AUD $63.95 |
Book Description:
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Philip Larkin's Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century English Verse provoked controversy and dispute on first publication in 1973. Warmly welcomed by fellow poets John Betjeman and W. H. Auden, it was also considered a quirky and idiosyncratic collection by some critics. Today it is recognized as a fine and wide-ranging selection of modern English verse. The successor to W. B. Yeats's Oxford Book of Modern Verse, Larkin's collection radically re-assessed the century's achievement in poetry,...
More DescriptionPhilip Larkin's Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century English Verse provoked controversy and dispute on first publication in 1973. Warmly welcomed by fellow poets John Betjeman and W. H. Auden, it was also considered a quirky and idiosyncratic collection by some critics. Today it is recognized as a fine and wide-ranging selection of modern English verse. The successor to W. B. Yeats's Oxford Book of Modern Verse, Larkin's collection radically re-assessed the century's achievement in poetry, introducing many less well-known poets among the acknowledged greats. As Larkin writes in his Preface, in choosing poems rather than individuals he has brought together `poems that will give pleasure to their readers both separately and as a collection'.For this latest reissue, the poet's biographer Andrew Motion has written a new Foreword in which he considers the nature of Larkin as editor.