The Anthology of Anthologies
Unlike most other poetry anthologies, arranged only chronologically or limited to the exploration of one type of poem, Jay Parin's The Wadsworth Anthology of Poetry collects 25 smaller, more accessible anthologies in one volume.
With the guidance of an editorial board of pre-eminent literary scholars and world-renowned poets, Parini has managed to offer a meaningful structure to an ambitious collection, spanning Beowulf to Jorie Graham. More a teaching and learning text than a definitive body of work, Parin's arrangement of poetry by form, content, and context offers avenues of study both for first time readers and for serious students alike.