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    The History of English Poetry
    The History of English Poetry
    The History of English Poetry
    Audiobook8 hours

    The History of English Poetry

    Written by Peter Whitfield

    Narrated by Derek Jacobi

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    About this audiobook

    Great poetry can indeed outlast stone and the glory of princes, and the English poetic tradition is perhaps the richest in the world. This audiobook tells the story of that tradition through its towering figures – Spenser and Shakespeare, Milton and Dryden, Wordsworth and Tennyson, Whitman, Dickinson and Eliot – and through scores of other poets. Clear and accessible, blending criticism with imagination and illustrated with scores of quotations, this new history will delight all who care about the past and the future of English poetry.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNaxos Audiobooks
    Release dateSep 1, 2009
    ISBN9789629548193
    The History of English Poetry

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    • 4/5
      A good look at a thousand years of English poetry. Left me wanting to read more deeply the poets cited.

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