Poetry: A Pocket Anthology, Second Canadian Edition Plus NEW MyLab Literature -- Access Card Package

by R.S. Gwynn

Portable. Interactive. Uniquely Canadian. The Gwynn/Campbell series is the perfect alternative to lengthy poetry anthologies. This compact, value-priced and diverse collection provides a concise yet complete introduction to the study of poetry. In its second edition, Gwynn/Campbell offers increased Canadian selections, an updated critical framework and enhanced audio/visual pedagogy with the addition of MyLiteratureLab in every copy. The anthology focuses almost exclusively on selections with brief discussions of writing about poetry. The selections span the spectrum from William Shakespeare to Pablo Neruda to bp Nichol, and provides discussions of writing about poetry. The Canadian edition includes both established and fresh authors such as Margaret Atwood, Dylan Thomas, Michael Ondaatje, and Christian Bok, as well as a focus on international writing.

Paperback

Published July 22, 2013

About the author

R.S. Gwynn, known as a "new formalist" poet, received a BA from Davidson College, where he twice won the Vereen Bell Award for Creative Writing, and he earned both an MA and an MFA from the University of Arkansas, where he won the John Gould Fletcher Award for Poetry. Gwynn has also won the Michael Braude Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

He is the author of several collections of poetry, including No Word of Farewell: Selected Poems 1970–2000; The Narcissiad (1982), a book-length satirical poem; and The Drive-In (1986), winner of the Breakthrough Award from the University of Missouri Press. Gwynn has taught at Lamar University since 1976. He lives in Beaumont, Texas.