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The Cambridge Book of Lesser Poets

The Cambridge Book of Lesser Poets

The Cambridge Book of Lesser Poets

J. C. Squire
July 2009
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Paperback
9780521135894
$63.99
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    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.

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    July 2009
    Paperback
    9780521135894
    484 pages
    229 × 152 × 32 mm
    0.86kg
    Available
      Compiled by
    • J. C. Squire