“Leeb典丛书里的《希腊诗选》palqrave的《英诗金库》和Monroe与Henderson合编的《新诗选》，这三本都是好书，可以说是我所喜欢的，也是随时翻读的。我常常想在中国诗选中找三本能够抵得过这三本外国诗的，诗经勉强可以抵得了《希腊诗选》，沈德潜的《古诗源》加上徐陵的《玉台新咏》只好抵《英诗金库》的半本”——施蛰存

What's under REVIEW is not the entire Golden Treasury, the original nineteenth-century anthology that established the canon of English lyric poetry up to its time, but only the newest expansion of Palgrave's monument. The selections in these 116 pages reflect a little presumptuousness on the part of editor Press. Whereas Palgrave never chose work by his contemporaries, Press chooses primarily the work of living poets, which makes one a bit uneasy as to whether these poems are of passing fancy. That disquiet stated, what is here is by the names expected when entry is restricted to those long resident in the British Isles. By far the most familiar pieces are those by Dylan Thomas. Among the few other poets represented by more than two poems are, unsurprisingly, Philip Larkin, Thom Gunn (despite his three decades in San Francisco), Ted Hughes, and Seamus Heaney. Of course, a great many more hands are represented by only one or two poems each. Ray Olson --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Book Description

In the 1860s, Francis Turner Palgrave set out to collect the finest English lyrical poems in one volume. What he created was The Golden Treasury, an instant classic of verse anthologies. Over the last century, it has withstood the test of time as an immensely popular collection--becoming virtually synonymous with English verse for generations of readers.

Now available in a new edition for the first time in thirty years, The Golden Treasury is as delightful as ever, offering old classics together with the finest works of our own time. Here you can find priceless gems by Shakespeare, Byron, Tennyson, Yeats, and other immortal lights of literature.

This new edition also serves as a map to the changing landscape of today's British verse, presenting outstanding poetry by both famous and lesser-known writers of Ireland and Great Britain: Seamus Heaney, Sylvia Plath, Fleur Adcock, Carol Ann Duffy, Douglas Dunn, Gavin Ewart, Tony Harrison, Elizabeth Jennings, Derek Mahon, Peter Porter, Carol Rumens, Anne Stevenson, and Hugo Williams, among others. Editor John Press is himself an accomplished poet and translator, and was editor of the previous edition, thus ensuring that the spirit of the original Golden Treasury is preserved. The result is a marvelous collection of British verse--a source of unexpected delights and old favorites alike.

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