{"product_id":"the-story-of-poetry-vol-1-9780297647034","title":"The story of poetry (Vol 1)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this wonderfully entertaining and instructive book Michael Schmidt gives us a history of English poetry from its beginnings to 1500. The book divides into two halves  the first is a history of the poets lives  the times during which they were writing  and an account of their works; and the second is an anthology of poetry from the first English poem by Caedmon  which can be dated to about 657AD  to Langland  Gower  Chaucer  Lydgate  Dunbar  and Hawes. Schmidt shows how language and the poetic imagination are shaped by politics and history  and brilliantly describes the workings of Old and Middle English  using modernised texts to render it unintimidating to our modern ears. This is an invaluable book for all readers of poetry and students who will find no other competing volume available. This is the first book in a major four-volume project to provide the most comprehensive history of English poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651637076021,"sku":"ByrdShop_0297647032","price":101.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780297647034.jpg?v=1781836786","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-story-of-poetry-vol-1-9780297647034","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}