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The Cambridge Book of Lesser Poets (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for The Cambridge Book of Lesser PoetsThis book complements the well-known poetry anthologies of Francis Turner Palgrave and Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch.
Full description- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Published: 16 July 2009
- Format: Paperback 484 pages
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- Categories: Literary Studies: Poetry & Poets | Literary Reference Works
- ISBN 13: 9780521135894 ISBN 10: 0521135893
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Full description for The Cambridge Book of Lesser Poets
When it was first published in 1927, The Cambridge Book of Lesser Poets was intended by its compiler, Sir John Collings Squire, to complement the well-known poetry anthologies of Francis Turner Palgrave and Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. Squire began the task of assembling his anthology by deliberately omitting over one hundred greater poets, giving precedence to Nicholas Breton and John Clare in the place of Shakespeare and Tennyson. Although some familiar names such as Thomas Dekker, John Bunyan, Washington Irving, and Herman Melville appear in the collection, the focus remains on those who lack prominence in the canon, including many medieval poets whose identities are unknown. Drawing together a considerable number of first-rate and undervalued poets, The Cambridge Book of Lesser Poets is an essential supplement to the traditional anthologies of English verse of the past.
