Lives of the Poets Author:Untermeyer Here are the stories of the lives of practically every poet in the English language considered of major importance by today's critical standards. Together with their lives, there is an evaluation of their work, examined in the light of an ever-growing literature of criticism, with some recent and sometimes startling revelations. Many of the po... more »ems are quoted extensively throughout the book, so that Lives of the Poets constitutes a history of poetry in the English language, a collection of biographies and a small anthology, all in one volume.« less