extremely funny and absorbing ... a refelction, of course, of the sureness of Amis's taste.'___ Books and Bookmen . more..

This delightful anthology celebrates a rich and pleasing--if often underrated--tradition of English writing. The choice of poems reflects the great variety of light verse as well as the tastes and views of its distinguished editor. The selections range from genial satire to nonsense verse, from epigrams to limericks. More than 250 poems by some 80 authors provide a witty and consistently more..

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This presents the original selection of poems as made by Sir Kingsley Amis, which appeared in the "Daily Mirror". One poem was published each day for a year and the selection was intended to be read as a sequence throughout the calendar year. They are accompanied by Amis' commentary. The poems, from the English literary tradition are designed to appeal to the widest possible audience and include more..

This is an anthology of Kingsley Amis's choice of poems. In his introduction he explains that the collection comprises his favourite poetry, not necessarily a collection of what he regards as being the best of English poetry. Kingsley Amis' book "The Old Devils" won the Booker Prize in 1986. more..

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Norman Page's selection represents Tennyson's work in many poetic forms over more than sixty years. The poems chosen exemplify Tennyson's dual role as public and private poet--as spokesman for the anxieties of his time, and as an introspective, sometimes neurotic individual. With a substantial introduction, explanatory notes and bibliographic information, this collection is an essential more..

A meeting at Oxford University during World War II signalled the beginning of a lifelong friendship between two outstanding contributors to 20th century English literature: Philip Larkin, poet, and Kingsley Amis, the prolific novelist. Selected from correspondence written between 1943 and 1985, these letters offer an entertaining and illuminating insight into the prejudices, exasperations and more..