British and American Poets: Chaucer to the Present

by Walter Jackson Bate

A chronological anthology for any general poetry course, beginning to advanced. Over 650 selections from over 160 poets judiciously selected to provide a balanced collection of classic, modern, and contemporary works.

Genres: Poetry

1048 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

About the author

Literary critic Walter Jackson Bate twice won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography, first for his work on the Romantic poet John Keats, and later for that on lexicographer Dr. Samuel Johnson.

Reviews

[Meltha · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice general overview, but the included biographies are kind of sketchy.