The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900 by Arthur Quiller-Couch
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"The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900" by Arthur Quiller-Couch is an anthology published in 1900. This influential collection shaped popular taste in poetry for generations across the British Empire. Designed to surpass Palgrave's famous "Golden Treasury," it focused on lyric poetry and included twice as many works. Carried as a knapsack book through war and peace, it sold over 500,000 copies and inspired an entire series of Oxford poetry anthologies spanning
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| Editor | Quiller-Couch, Arthur, 1863-1944 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900 |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oxford_Book_of_English_Verse |
| Credits | Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 81.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | English poetry |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 66619 |
| Release Date | Oct 27, 2021 |
| Last Update | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1499 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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