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A review by tumblyhome_caroline
The Norton Anthology of Poetry [With Access Code] by Tim Kendall, Margaret Ferguson, Mary Jo Salter
5.0
This isn’t really a finished book because I think it is for lifetime reading.. but I have read it everyday for some time now and thought I would just review it as I have a good feeling for what a fantastic resource it is. It is the best anthology I have.
Firstly the selection of poems is brilliant. Obviously not comprehensive for each poet, but a good selection of well known, excellent and maybe lesser known poems. There are excellent notes, short single word translations for less common words and slightly longer explanations for meanings and context at the bottom of the page. But not so much that you spend more time reading that than the poems themselves.
At the back there is a very useful section about poetical terms and a blurb about each Poet.
From a purely aesthetic point of view…. The paper is delightfully smooth and thin.. an ASMR sensation with each page turn
I really treasure this book
Firstly the selection of poems is brilliant. Obviously not comprehensive for each poet, but a good selection of well known, excellent and maybe lesser known poems. There are excellent notes, short single word translations for less common words and slightly longer explanations for meanings and context at the bottom of the page. But not so much that you spend more time reading that than the poems themselves.
At the back there is a very useful section about poetical terms and a blurb about each Poet.
From a purely aesthetic point of view…. The paper is delightfully smooth and thin.. an ASMR sensation with each page turn
I really treasure this book