The Atlantic Book of British and American Poetry.
- Author / Editor
- Sitwell, Dame Edith, ed.
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