An Introduction to English Poetry

Oct 17, 2024 11:23 PM

Author:James Fenton

James Fenton's An Introduction to English Poetry offers a master class for both the reader and writer of poetry. Simply and elegantly written and discussing the work of poets as wide ranging as W. H. Auden, Dylan Thomas, Tennyson, Kipling, Milton and Blake, it covers all varieties of poetic practice in English.

'It is hard to imagine a beginner who could not learn from [this book]. If you know a young poet, give them this' The Times Literary Supplement

Reviews

'Brutal, bloody and thoroughly gripping - Pressfield has an amazing grasp of the savage mind, and the precarious nature of civilization'

—— Diana Gabaldon

'Pressfield writes with a quality and style akin to classical legend...a powerful elegy to a world that wasn't to be...a profound dialogue between civilization and "savagery"...A joy to read'

—— John Whitbourn

An emotional and moving epic you won't forget in a hurry

—— Woman's Weekly

One of the most brilliantly sustained and focused pieces of satire I've ever read

—— Douglas Adams

Killer prose...a viciously funny satire that also works as a tongue-in-cheek thriller

—— The Sunday Times

Here is a fine Iliad for our times, to be read with great pleasure

—— Philip Howard , The Times

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