Harold Bloom: The Best Poems of the English Language: From Chaucer Through Frost

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The Best Poems of the English Language: From Chaucer Through Frost

The Best Poems of the English Language is the culmination for Harold Bloom of his lifelong love of poetry. It is a comprehensive anthology that offers the reader possession of six centuries of great British and American poetry.

The vast scope of this anthology begins with Chaucer and ends with poets whose births predate 1900. Bloom has culled his selection according to his three... (read more)

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“A marvelous anthology collected by Professor Bloom, with commentary on each poet and a really eloquent introduction on the art of poetry. All the laurel-crowned heads you'd expect are represented, and quite a few poets I'd never encountered before. Rather like a master's course in English and American poetry by the time you're done.”

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