Publisher's Synopsis
Revised Edition,2015, of Anthology of English/American poets and some foreign, led by Burns, Yeats, Thomas, Rilke, Dickinson, and Frost. Includes a section on The Power of Art and Literature to Save the World, with comment on Russian poetry and problem of translation, and technical section on Elements of Poetry. Table of Contents: The Best Poets 2-71 Everyone a Poet 71-80 Other Favorite Poets 81-153 Poetry and Power 154-162 Poems of Faith and Freedom 162-168 Poems on "War's Glory" !68-173 The Power of Art and Literature to Save the World 174-190 "Power of Propaganda" Nobel Laureates Poetry in Prose 191-201 Elements of Poetry 202-205 Light Verse 205-208 Acknowledgments
