An Introduction to English Poetry

by James Fenton

Book Overview

A wise, absorbing, and surprising introduction to poetry written in English, from one of England's leading poets James Fenton is that rare scholar "not ashamed to admit that he mostly reads for... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374104646
• ISBN13: 9780374104641
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

For those of you who hate text books this is a great resource. :P

Fenton writes in a way that is not too difficult to understand for those of you who are just beginning to study poetry. He's engaging and interesting while he skims over the basics and sinks into the more difficult aspects of English poetry. If you are the kind of person who would rather read a book than study a text book this is the perfect choice for you. This book was required for an English class that I was taking and I found that I was able to understand the more complicated poets a little easier than I have with any other texbook I've read.

interesting

Fenton's Intro to English Poetry is an interesting book to read, but not because it will teach you anything. It is too short. He covers just about everything, but each chapter (which covers a different topic) is only a couple of pages long. He just doesn't go into it enough. This book is not for teaching. This book is not for beginners. What this book is for is for those who know what they are doing or have an idea and are interested in what Fenton has to say. And it is interesting.