The Treasuries - Poetry Anthologies and the Making of British Culture

The fascinating history of poetry anthologies and their influence on British society and culture over the last four centuries.

For centuries, poetry anthologies shaped the way that generations of British readers encountered literature. Eighteenth-century young women were introduced to the permissible bits of Shakespeare and Swift in censored collections. Working-class Victorians enrolled to be taught from The Golden Treasury at adult learning colleges. Pop-loving teenagers in the 1960s got their first taste of the counterculture from the bestselling The Mersey Sound.

InThe Treasuries, Clare Bucknell reveals anthologies to be a unique window into social history. This is the story of some of the most widely read books ever published, and the cultural conversations - around politics, gender, class and nationhood - they sparked.

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Clare Bucknell

Product details

• Authors: Clare Bucknell
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.06.2024
• EAN: 9781800241459
• ISBN: 978-1-80024-145-9
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 196 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 261 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literary studies: poetry & poets, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Modern and contemporary poetry (c 1900 onwards), Classic and pre-20th century poetry