A basic introduction to English poetry since Chaucer, including its main themes, genres and more. Aimed at students and general readers alike, by a respected poet and former Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford, the book is based on a series of columns written by the author for the "Independent on Sunday", a sister column to David Lodge's series on English fiction which formed the basis of Lodge's book "The Art of Fiction.
- ISBN10 0670911003
- ISBN13 9780670911004
- Publish Date 30 May 2002
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 11 March 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Imprint Viking
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 144
- Language English