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The Penguin Book of American Verse

The Penguin Book of American Verse

Summary

A classic anthology of American poetry, from the colonial beginnings in the seventeenth century right through to the twentieth century. From Anne Bradstreet to Ralph Waldo Emerson, from William Carlos Williams to Walt Whitman, from Emily Dickenson to Ai, this collection ranges widely across the American poetic spectrum.

Reviews

  • A representative anthology which will give pleasure to the general reader and at the same time presents a full range of American poetry of all periods
    The Times Literary Supplement

About the author

Geoffrey Moore

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