From the Publisher:

For poets, critics and lovers of literature everywhere, James Fenton’s An Introduction to English Poetry is a master class for both the reader and writer of poetry. Simply and elegantly written and discussing the work of poets as wide ranging as W. H. Auden, Dylan Thomas, Tennyson, Kipling, Milton and Blake, it covers all varieties of poetic practice in English.

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Reviews and Critical Discussions

Newey, Adam. 'Waxing Lyrical.' New Statesman 131.4593 (24 June 2002): 54-5.

MacKinnon, Lachlan. 'Real Poems to Learn From.' Times Literary Supplement 5179 (5 July 2002): 8.

Fenton, James. 'from An Introduction to English Poetry.' American Poetry Review 31.6 (November/December 2002): 27 (5 pgs.) [excerpt from the book].

Volkmer, Jon. 'Poetry Love Potions.' Parnassus: Poetry in Review 27.1-2 (2003): 190 (20 pgs.) [reviews books by several authors].

'An Introduction to English Poetry.' Virginia Quarterly Review 79.3 (Summer 2003): 99 [short review].