The Oxford Anthology of English Literature: Volume IV: Romantic Poetry and Prose (Pt.4) [Paperback]

Lionel Trilling (Author), Harold Bloom (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0195016157 | ISBN-13: 978-0195016154 | Publication Date: April 5, 1973 | Edition: 25th Pntg

This volume devotes over 100 pages to William Blake, including The Book of Thel and the entire "Night the Ninth" from The Four Zoas, as well as excerpts from Milton and Jerusalem. It also includes poems and prose by Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Shelley, and Byron.

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"Excellent resource. As a textual resource replete with illustrations, commentary, and unobtrusive notes, I find this Oxford series exemplary."--David B. Vela, Diablo Valley College, CA

"Excellent! Very nearly what I need."--Joan Weatherly, Memphis State University

"Selections are good...Bibliography, glossary, very helpful."--James Douglas Merritt, Brooklyn College, CUNY

"An excellent and comprehensive text with significant selections from poetry and prose."--Sister M. Pacelli, Alvernia College

"I like the inclusion of so many lesser Romantics, and some of the non-'canonic' works from the major Romantics."--Linda M. Brooks, Florida Atlantic University

"The selections are excellent--representative of the diversity of the period....Makes a cross-genre explication/interpretation easy and accessible."--Chris Brooks, University of Texas at El Paso

"I have used this textbook in a number of classes over the past ten years, and would use it again if I were sure it would be kept in print."--Leonard M. Trawick, Cleveland State University

About the Author

Harold Bloom is at Yale University.

Product Details

• Paperback: 864 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 25th Pntg edition (April 5, 1973)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0195016157
• ISBN-13: 978-0195016154
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.3 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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More About the Author

Harold Bloom is a Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University and a former Charles Eliot Norton Professor at Harvard. His more than thirty books include The Best Poems of the English Language, The Art of Reading Poetry, and The Book of J. He is a MacArthur Prize Fellow, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the recipient of many awards and honorary degrees, including the Academy's Gold Medal for Belles Lettres and Criticism, the International Prize of Catalonia, and the Alfonso Reyes Prize of Mexico.

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent sampling of poetry and prose, November 2, 2005

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This review is from: The Oxford Anthology of English Literature: Volume IV: Romantic Poetry and Prose (Pt.4) (Paperback)

If you like William Blake you're in for a treat. There are also poems and prose from the greats such as Milton, The Four Zoas, Milton, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Shelley, and Byron. It's a lovely selection.