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Lives Of The Poets Book
Quintessentially good-humoured, consummately unstuffy, all but dripping with erudition: Michael Schmidt is an English scholar to die for. In this seminal work he undertakes--and succeeds at--an imposing task: leading us through a vast and swirling river otherwise known as the expanded canon of English literature. Taking the era of the Black Death as a starting point--children dragged by their foster mothers past lime-doused pits of the dead--he immediately captures our justifiably sceptical attention. Travelling from Lichfield and Devon, to Cambridge, Stratford, and York (to name a few), he's soon our trusted tour guide, offering literary criticism, summaries, biographies, forging connections between and among the greats and lesser knowns. We're also treated to an entertaining … read more...
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