Tradition and the Individual Poem: An Inquiry Into Anthologies

by Anne Ferry

Anthologies have been a powerful force in poetry and criticism in English ever since the earliest extant book of this kind was published in the sixteenth century. A theoretical, historical, and critical inquiry, Anne Ferry's book looks in detail at the assumptions anthologies are predicated on, how they are put together, the treatment of the poems in them, and the effects their presentations have on their readers' experiences of the poems.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804742359
• ISBN13: 9780804742351
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"