The Great Modern Poets: An anthology of the best poets and poetry since 1900

by Michael Schmidt

Reproduced within this book are the essential poems of Thomas Hardy, A.E. Housman, W.B. Yeats, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Frost, D.H. Lawrence, Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, Wilfred Owen, John Betjeman, W.H. Auden, Dylan Thomas, Philip Larkin, Allen Ginsberg, Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, Seamus Heaney and many other major poets of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. For each, Michael Schmidt has provided an insight into their themes and the background to their work, opening for the reader a greater understanding and enjoyment of these extraordinary poems.

Genres: Poetry

240 pages, Paperback

Published July 23, 2024

Reviews

[Courtney · Rating 3 out of 5]

As expected. Skewed western, white and male but still a nice collection. I found the introductions to each individual poet and their work to be interesting, especially the expanded of their inspirations and focus. I definitely came away from this thinking I prefer shorter poems to longer ones.

The islamophobic lines within one poem were a little unexpected. T.S. Eliot's antisemitism was acknowledged but not this. Odd.