Thematic Guide to British Poetry

(Hardback)

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This thematic guide offers interpretations of 415 poems, representing the work of more than 110 poets spanning seven centuries of British poetry. It should be useful to librarians and teachers who need to identify and locate poems on a given theme, and to students and all lovers of poetry who wish to enrich their understanding of the thematic meanings of poems. The main section of the guide contains narrative essays on 29 alphabetically arranged themes that recur throughout the history of British poetry. Within each section the explications of individual poems are arranged chronologically to trace the evolution of a particular theme over time. There are essays and following each entry, the poems are listed with information about the anthologies where the works can be found.

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This book will serve those who need a quick overview of how a theme has been presented in British poetry.-Choice
This guide is an excellent example of the art of literary explication. The handy survey of familiar themes and works should provide students with numerous ideas for developing papers and research of their own.-Gale-Reference Reviews
Well organized, easy-to-navigate, authoritative....most useful to advanced students and their teachers.-School Library Journal
"This book will serve those who need a quick overview of how a theme has been presented in British poetry."-Choice
"Well organized, easy-to-navigate, authoritative....most useful to advanced students and their teachers."-School Library Journal
"This guide is an excellent example of the art of literary explication. The handy survey of familiar themes and works should provide students with numerous ideas for developing papers and research of their own."-Gale-Reference Reviews

Author Bio

RUTH GLANCY is Associate Professor of English at Concordia University College of Alberta, where she teaches courses in British literature and poetry.