by John Hayward · Penguin (Non-Classics) · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140585254
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«The Penguin Book of English Verse» is the anthology of English poetry edited by John Hayward, published by Penguin in paperback (512 pages, in English).
Classic anthology spanning four centuries of poetry in the English language: it begins with Wyatt, Spenser and Shakespeare and reaches Dylan Thomas. It brings together metaphysical, Romantic and war poetry, as well as verse by American authors such as Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost, and includes love songs, odes, sonnets and elegies.
The anthology was originally published in 1956; this Penguin edition is from 1985.
For lovers of poetry in English who want a broad overview of the British and American lyric tradition.
