{"product_id":"the-oxford-book-of-narrative-verse-oxford-books-of-verse-9780192822437","title":"The Oxford Book of Narrative Verse (Oxford Books of Verse)","description":"\u003cp\u003eSuccinctly called \"a book of tales of various kinds  romantic  humorous  ghostly  and gory  written at any time over the past six hundred years\" by the compilers  Iona Opie and the late Peter Opie  this universally-appealing collection of 59 poems illuminates the literary tradition of narrative verse from Chaucer to Auden. The anthology includes Popes \"The Rape of the Lock \" Coleridges \"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner \" Tennysons \"The Lady of Shalott \" Poes \"The Raven \" and Carrolls \"The Hunting of the Snark \" along with such twentieth-century narrative classics as G.K. Chestertons \"Lepanto \" Robert Frosts \"The Code \" Marriott Edgars \"The Lion and Albert \" and W.H. Audens \"The Ballad of Barnaby.\" Abridgements and extracts from book-length narratives such as Spensers The Faerie Queen and Miltons Paradise Lost add to the richness and variety of the collection. The Opies also provide extensive notes which trace the source of the poets inspiration  whether fact or fiction  and demonstrate how the creative process has transformed that source into a work of art.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45116106145845,"sku":"ByrdShop_0192822438","price":59.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780192822437.jpg?v=1776023608","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-oxford-book-of-narrative-verse-oxford-books-of-verse-9780192822437","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}