The Times Book of English VerseEdward Leeson Times Books, 2004 - 703 pages The most comprehensive survey of English Verse available, covering seven centuries, from Chaucer to Heaney, and including longer poems - such as Paradise Lost and The Prelude - in their entirety. |
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