Dame Helen Gardner was Emeritus Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford, a distinguished scholar and author of books including The Metaphysical Poets, In Defence of the Imagination, and The Art of T. S. Eliot.
`If one had to say where can you find in fewer than 1,000 pages the
best of English poetry, here it is. Daily Telegraph
`by far the most balanced and most wide-ranging [anthology] we
have, offering superlative value to almost every taste' The
Times
`Dame Helen has seen through this enormous task with affection, wit
and wonderful thoroughness.' Times Literary Supplement
`Her knowledge of English poetry is both extensive and intensive;
her critical standards are eminently worthy of respect...The
reading public has every reason to be grateful to her.' Critical
Quarterly
`The book remains a continuous and rewarding pleasure...It is a
cause of wonder how easily poems of the recent past fit with those
written centuries ago without jarring or disturbance.' New York
Times
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