Best Poems of the English Language

<p><strong>To read Bloom's insights here is to bask in the emanation<br>of genius. As entertaining and erudite as his choices of the works he most<br>loves are the book's overriding strength is the guidance it gives in context<br>and comprehension. -<em>Baltimore Sun</em></strong></p><br><p>This comprehensive anthology offers renowned critic Harold<br>Bloom's choice of the best of six centuries of great British and American<br>poetry selected in accordance with his three absolute criteria: aesthetic<br>splendor intellectual power and wisdom. In Bloom's introductory essay The Art<br>of Reading Poetry he presents his critical reflections of more than half a<br>century devoted to reading teaching and writing about great verse the<br>literary achievement he loves most. Throughout this volume Bloom includes<br>extensive introductions to each poet and to many of the individual poems. More<br>than any other anthology this book provides readers who desire the pleasures<br>of sublime art with nearly everything they need in a single volume. </p>