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English Literature: The Essentials, Part 2 - Poetry - Page 3

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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Collected Poems (Robert Graves)
Collected Poems
81
Robert Graves
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
82
Four Quartets (T.S. Eliot)
Four Quartets
83
T.S. Eliot
The Hollow Men (T.S. Eliot)
The Hollow Men
84
T.S. Eliot
The Waste Land (T.S. Eliot)
The Waste Land
85
T.S. Eliot
The Collected Poems of John Masefield (John Masefield)
The Collected Poems of John Masefield
86
John Masefield
Collected Poems of W.H. Auden (W.H. Auden)
Collected Poems of W.H. Auden
87
W.H. Auden
Poems in Englsh (Beckett)
Poems in Englsh
88
Beckett
The Poems of Dylan Thomas
The Poems of Dylan Thomas
89
Fern Hill (Dylan Thomas)
Fern Hill
90
Dylan Thomas
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night (Dylan Thomas)
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
91
Dylan Thomas
Collected Poems
Collected Poems
92
Opened Ground (Heaney)
Opened Ground
93
Heaney
The Spirit Level (Seamus Heaney)
The Spirit Level
94
Seamus Heaney
Poems (George MacKay Brown)
Poems
95
George MacKay Brown
Poems (George MacBeth)
Poems
96
George MacBeth
Poems (Tony Harrison)
Poems
97
Tony Harrison
The Rain Giver (Kevin Crossley-Holland)
The Rain Giver
98
Kevin Crossley-Holland
Poems (Paula Claire)
Poems
99
Paula Claire
Poems (Maggie O'Sullivan)
Poems
100
Maggie O'Sullivan
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