The Atlantic Book of British and American Poetry.

Author / Editor
Sitwell, Dame Edith, ed.

Title
The Atlantic Book of British and American Poetry.

Published
Boston: Little, Brown, 1958.

Physical Description
xlii, 1082 pp.

Description
Anthologizes a wide range of selections from British and American literature—poetry, fiction, drama, and translations, with brief, appreciative introductions to individual authors and their works. Includes description of Chaucer as a "poet of light," with "sublimity" and "tenderness" that differs from Wordsworth's, offering selections in Middle English from MercB, TC, CT (PrP and NPT), and LGWP.

Chaucer Subjects
Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations
Background and General Criticism