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The best poems of the English language : from Chaucer through Frost

2004
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Review: A comprehensive anthology that offers the reader possession of six centuries of great British and American poetry." "The vast scope of this anthology begins with Chaucer and ends with poets whose births predate 1900. Harold Bloom has culled his selection according to his three absolute criteria: aesthetic splendor, intellectual power, and wisdom.
Main title:
The best poems of the English language : from Chaucer through Frost / selected and with commentary by Harold Bloom.
Imprint:
New York : HarperCollins Publishers, c2004.
Collation:
xxviii., 972 p. ; 24cm.
Notes:
Includes index.Includes essay The art of reading poetry, by Harold Bloom. (p.1-29)Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:
0060540419 (alk paper)
Dewey class:
821.008821.008
Language:
English
BRN:
61811
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