Introduction to Literature: Poems

by Lynn Altenbernd (Editor), Leslie L. Lewis

Included in Poems are both acknowledged and less celebrated works of special merit or usefulness for teaching. The arrangement of poems is chronological within a poet's work, and the poets are arranged by date of birth. Thus the student may view the poem in its historical setting when a sense of its intellectual milieu contributes - as it usually does - to its thorough explication.

Genres: Poetry

899 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1975

About the author

August Lynn Altenbernd (1918-2005), received his B.S. (1939), M.A. (1949), and Ph.D (1954) from Ohio State University, and served as Professor of English at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 1954 until his retirement in 1984. Professor Altenbernd held various administrative positions at UIUC, including Head of the English Department (1966-1971) and Associate Dean of the Graduate College (1980-1983 and 1990). He also published widely on topics relating to various British and American authors and nineteenth-century travel writing, and wrote or collaborated on a number of textbooks for the study of literature, poetry, and drama.

Reviews

[Jesse · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this textbook so much in high school that I tried to buy it from my AP English teacher. That didn't fly, so I bought another copy for myself.

[Ben · Rating 3 out of 5]

2nd ed. MacMillan, 1969. Freshman English @ UN-L. Gifting via LFL, 3/20.