Fine Frenzy: Enduring Themes in Poetry

By Robert Baylor, Brenda Baylor, Robert; Stokes, Robert; Stokes Brenda Baylor

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0070041601
• ISBN13: 9780070041608
• Release Date: January 1978
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Length: 393 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Grade Range: Grades 11 to 12

Customer Reviews

marvelous anthology

_Fine Frenzy_ was assigned in my (high school) freshman honors English class -- I am now 30, and it's still my favorite anthology.Unlike most other poetry anthologies, it is organized thematically -- rather than, say, chronologically. W.H. Auden brushes shoulders with Aphra Behn; Theodore Roethke bumps elbows with Christina Rossetti. The book is broken into the following thematic sections:ExuberanceChildhood, Youth, Maturity, Old AgeSocial ConscienceAlienationLoveIllusion/RealityFaithOrderMarriageWarMutability and DeathInsightWithin each section, the poems are alphabetical by author, which makes for some lovely juxtapositions of epoch and style.The canon is well represented, but so is the obscure, the fresh, poets you won't find in most other anthologies. It makes a wonderful introduction to poetry, and a wonderful field to wander for those whose introduction to poetry is long past.