Introduction to Poetry

by Mark van Doren

Genres: Poetry, Literature

556 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 1951

About the author

Mark van Doren was an American poet, writer and critic. He was a scholar and a professor of English at Columbia University for nearly 40 years, where he inspired a generation of influential writers and thinkers including Thomas Merton, Robert Lax, John Berryman, Whittaker Chambers, and Beat Generation writers such as Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac. He won the 1940 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for Collected Poems 1922–1938 and he was literary editor of The Nation, in New York City (1924–1928), and its film critic, 1935 to 1938.

Reviews

[Troy Hanson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have several anthologies of poems but this one is by far my favorite. Mark Van Doren is one of the most revered literary critics and educators of the 20th Century, not to mention a poet in his own right. His books are treasures. Sadly, his Introduction To Poetry is out of print. If you find a copy consider yourself lucky.

[Kevin Beary]

Charles Van Dorens father - Must Read !