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English Literature: The Essentials, Part 2 - Poetry

Our maverick English Literature instructor and theatre director lists 100 anthologies, collections, and significant works in an attempt to offer a core reading list in English Poetry. Once again, historic perspective and verisimilitude were taken into account, so that many omissions and hard choices had to be made, and it is hoped that both the selections and omissions will spark lively discussions.
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The Oxford Book of English Verse (Christopher Ricks)
The Oxford Book of English Verse
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Christopher Ricks
The Oxford Anthology of English Poetry Blake to Heaney (John Wain)
The Oxford Anthology of English Poetry Blake to Heaney
2
John Wain
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
3
Anonymous
The Seafarer (Anonymous)
The Seafarer
4
Anonymous
The Wanderer
The Wanderer
5
Dream of the Rood (Unknown)
Dream of the Rood
6
Unknown
Battle of Maldon (Crossley-Holland)
Battle of Maldon
7
Crossley-Holland
The Mabinogion (Anonymous)
The Mabinogion
8
Anonymous
The Tain (Anon)
The Tain
9
Anon
Medieval English Verse (Stone (Penguin))
Medieval English Verse
10
Stone (Penguin)
The Lais of Marie De France (Marie De France)
The Lais of Marie De France
11
Marie De France
Pearl (Anonymous)
Pearl
12
Anonymous
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Anonymous)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
13
Anonymous
Piers Plowman
Piers Plowman
14
Tha Alliterative Death of King Arthur (Armitage)
Tha Alliterative Death of King Arthur
15
Armitage
Troilus and Criseyde (Chauncer)
Troilus and Criseyde
16
Chauncer
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
17
Geoffrey Chaucer
The Fairie Queen (Edmund Spenser)
The Fairie Queen
18
Edmund Spenser
Sonnets (Shakespeare)
Sonnets
19
Shakespeare
Venus and Adonis (William Shakespeare)
Venus and Adonis
20
William Shakespeare
The Rape of Lucrece (William Shakespeare)
The Rape of Lucrece
21
William Shakespeare
Metaphysical Poetry by Colin Burrow
Metaphysical Poetry by Colin Burrow
22
John Donne – the Flea / the Good Morrow / the Sun Rising / a Valedicti
John Donne – the Flea / the Good Morrow / the Sun Rising / a Valedicti
23
Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan)
Pilgrim's Progress
24
John Bunyan
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
25
John Milton
Paradise Regained (John Milton)
Paradise Regained
26
John Milton
Sonnets
Sonnets
27
The Cavalier Poets (Robert Herrick and Thomas Carew)
The Cavalier Poets
28
Robert Herrick and Thomas Carew
The Poems of Alexander Pope (Alexander Pope)
The Poems of Alexander Pope
29
Alexander Pope
The Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry (Penguin Classics)
The Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry
30
Penguin Classics
William Blake the Complete Illuminated Books (William Blake)
William Blake the Complete Illuminated Books
31
William Blake
Songs of Innocence and Experience (William Blake)
Songs of Innocence and Experience
32
William Blake
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
33
Jerusalem-The Emanation of the Giant Albion (William Blake)
Jerusalem-The Emanation of the Giant Albion
34
William Blake
Lyrical Ballads (William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
Lyrical Ballads
35
William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Tintern Abbey (William Wordsworth)
Tintern Abbey
36
William Wordsworth
Ode: Intimations of Immorality (William Wordsworth)
Ode: Intimations of Immorality
37
William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth: Collected Poems (William Wordsworth)
William Wordsworth: Collected Poems
38
William Wordsworth
Poems and Songs of Robert Burns (Legible Series)
Poems and Songs of Robert Burns
39
Legible Series
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
40
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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