Book description
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
Until recently James Fenton was Professor of Poetry at Oxford. A
former political journalist (he was south-east Asia correspondent for
the Independent), he also served as drama critic for the Sunday Times
for seven years, and writes regularly on artfor the New Yorker. He has
published four books of poems in Penguin. He lives outside Oxford and in
London.
