Sinopsis

The Routledge Anthology of Poets on Paris is a comphrehensive record of the history and progress of English poetry. It collects together in a single volume writings by all the major and some of the lesser-known figures from Chaucer to Yeats, demonstrating their vivid responses to each other, ranging from elegiac eutology to burlesque and satire. The anthology is arranged in two sections: *Part One contains poets'writings on the nature, qualities and purpose of poetry. *Part Two is a chronological collection of poets'wrtitings on their peers, with an individual entry for each poet. Each extract is presented in modernized spelling and punctuation, and is carefully annotated to provide full explanations of unfamiliar phrases and references. 'For poetry makes nothing happen; it survives In the valley of its saying where executives Whould never want to tamper' -From W.H. Auden, In Memory of W.B. Yeats-.