A Little History of Poetry

A Little History of PoetryA vital guide to poetry from ancient times to the present Poetry is language made special, so that it will be remembered and valued. It does not always work over the centuries countless thousands of poems have been forgotten. This Little History is about some that have not. John Carey tells the stories behind the worlds greatest poems, from the oldest surviving one written nearly 4,000 years ago to those being written today. Carey looks at poets whose

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