Description
| Product ID: | 9781509888764 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CN |
| Series: | Macmillan Collector's Library |
| Title: | The Golden Treasury |
| Subtitle: | Of English Verse |
| Authors: | Author: Francis Turner Palgrave |
| Page Count: | 448 |
| Subjects: | Poetry anthologies (various poets), Poetry anthologies (various poets), Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, British Isles |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A beautiful edition of The Golden Treasury, one of the most widely read anthologies of English Verse ever published, with a foreword by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy. <p><b><i>The Golden Treasury</i> is one of the most loved anthologies of English poetry ever published. The book was meticulously compiled by poet and scholar Francis Turner Palgrave, in collaboration with Alfred Tennyson, who was then poet laureate.<br></b><br>It is arranged chronologically in four books which each celebrate a different era in the evolution of English poetry, from Elizabethan to the 19th century. All the greats are here, including Shakespeare and Milton, Marvell and Pope, Wordsworth and Keats. First published in 1861, it became the standard anthology for over 100 years.<br><br>This Macmillan Collector’s Library edition includes a foreword by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, and is published to mark Macmillan’s 175th anniversary.</p> |
| Imprint Name: | Macmillan Collector's Library |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-10-18 |
