London in Poetry and Prose

by Anna Adams

An anthology that celebrates the city of London. This book contains themes including, 'The Weather in the Streets', 'The Poor and the Rich', 'The Countryman in Town', 'The Recent Wars' and 'London Transport'.

Genres: Poetry

208 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2002

Reviews

[Kimberly · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a short anthology of London themed literature. It includes more poetry than prose, and is a fun little collection. The editor, Anna Adams contributed several poems, and did a nice job of organizing the items she selected. The book contains 13 sections, and each section opens with a couple of lines from William Blake's "Jerusalem" and a drawing of London. Some of the section titles include: "The Weather in the Streets," "The River Thames," "The Recent Wars," "Churches, Palaces, and Towers," and "London Transport." Adams included a range of authors including stretching from the Middle Ages to the modern day, a few include: Charles Dickens, T. S. Eliot, Chaucer, W. H. Auden, Thomas Hardy, and Lord Byron, Jonathan Swift, and Virginia Woolf. A great read for anyone who is familiar with London and wants to get a glimpse of how the great city has been portrayed in literature down through the ages.