This widely researched anthology traces the history of England from Boadicea to the present day through verse. It includes work by our greatest poets from Milton, Swift, Shakespeare and Keats to Hughes, Motion and Larkin and is divided chronologically into keyhistorical periods. Each section includes a timeline, an introduction detailing the social, political and economic circumstances of the period, and a running narrative to set the poetry in context.
- ISBN13 9780571196173
- Publish Date 24 January 2000
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 6 October 2015
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Faber & Faber
- Format Paperback
- Pages 304
- Language English