The Standard Book of British and American Verse

by Christopher Morley

Genres: Poetry

Published January 1, 1932

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

American writer Christopher Darlington Morley founded the Saturday Review, from 1924 to 1940 edited it, and prolifically, most notably authored popular novels.

Christopher Morley, a journalist, essayist, and poet, also produced on stage for a few years and gave college lectures.

Reviews

[Hannah · Rating 5 out of 5]

I never would have thought I’d read a 735 page book of poetry.

To keep myself from being too daunted along the way, I reminded myself that this anthology is nothing special: it’s just the standard book of verse. Unless, perhaps, it is THE standard to which all collections of poetry should be measured. In which case, I should read it to know the very best.

I’ve been reading a bit more than four pages aloud nearly every day since June. What a transformation has overcome me. I appreciate poetry much more now, and I am a better reader because of this book.

Thanks to The Literary Life Podcast Reading Challenge for getting me to read something, well, challenging!