The Oxford Book of Poetry

The Oxford poetry anthologies ('Oxford Books') are traditionally considered an establishment in attitude. They have been edited by well-known poets and distinguished academics. In the perspective of canon-formation, they have been retrospective and well-researched.

Table of Contents:

The Oxford Book of Latin Verse:

Nvma Pompilivs

The Arval Brotherhood

Anonymous

CN. Naevivs

T. Maccivs Plavtvs

Marcivs Vates

Q. Ennivs

M. Pacvvivs

L. Accivs

Pompilivs

Valerivs Aeditvvs

Q. Lvtativs Catvlvs

Porcivs Licinvs

Laevivs

M. Fvrivs Bibacvlvs

Oracvlvm

M. Tvllivs Cicero

C. Helvivs Cinna

M. Tvllivs Lavrea

Q. Tvllivs Cicero

C. Ivlivs Caesar

C. Licinivs Macer Calvvs

T. Lvcretivs Carvs

C. Valerivs Catvllvs

L. Varivs

C. Cilnivs Maecenas

P. Vergilivs Maro

Q. Horativs Flaccvs

Albivs Tibvllvs

Domitivs Marsvs

Sextvs Propertivs

Lygdamvs

Svlpicia

Panegyristae Messallae

Cornelivs Severvs

M. Manilivs

Albinovanvs Pedo

P. Ovidivs Naso…

The Oxford Book of English Verse:

Robert Mannyng of Brunne

John Barbour

Geoffrey Chaucer

Thomas Hoccleve

John Lydgate

King James I of Scotland

Robert Henryson

William Dunbar

Anonymous

John Skelton

Stephen Hawes

Sir Thomas Wyatt

Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

Nicholas Grimald

Alexander Scott

Robert Wever

Richard Edwardes

George Gascoigne…

The Oxford Book of Ballads:

Thomas the Rhymer

Tam Lin

Sir Cawline

Sir Aldingar

Cospatrick

Willy's Lady

The Queen of Elfland's Nourice

Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight

The Riddling Knight

May Colvin

The Wee Wee Man

Alison Gross

Kemp Owyne

The Laily Worm and the Machrel of the Sea

King Orfeo

King Henry

The Boy and the Mantle

King Arthur and King Cornwall

The Marriage of Sir Gawain…

Modern Oxford Poetry:

Oxford Poetry 1917

Oxford Poetry 1919

Oxford Poetry 1920

Oxford Poetry 1921

Oxford Lectures on Poetry:

Poetry for Poetry's Sake

The Sublime

Hegel's Theory of Tragedy

Wordsworth

Shelley's View of Poetry

The Long Poem in the Age of Wordsworth

The Letters of Keats

The Rejection of Falstaff

Shakespeare's 'Antony and Cleopatra'

Shakespeare the Man

Shakespeare's Theatre and Audience