This edition consists of poetry anthologies edited and annotated by well-known poets and distinguished Oxford academics. These collections are considered an establishment in attitude and, in the perspective of canon-formation, they have been retrospective and well-researched. Contents: The Oxford Book of Latin Verse: Nvma Pompilivs The Arval Brotherhood Anonymous CN. Naevivs T. Maccivs Plavtvs Marcivs Vates Q. Ennivs M. Pacvvivs L. Accivs Pompilivs Valerivs Aeditvvs Q. Lvtativs Catvlvs Porcivs Licinvs Laevivs M. Fvrivs Bibacvlvs Oracvlvm M. Tvllivs Cicero C. Helvivs Cinna M. Tvllivs Lavrea Q. Tvllivs Cicero C. Ivlivs Caesar C. Licinivs Macer Calvvs T. Lvcretivs Carvs C. Valerivs Catvllvs L. Varivs C. Cilnivs Maecenas P. Vergilivs Maro Q. Horativs Flaccvs Albivs Tibvllvs Domitivs Marsvs Sextvs Propertivs Lygdamvs Svlpicia Panegyristae Messallae Cornelivs Severvs M. Manilivs Albinovanvs Pedo P. Ovidivs Naso... The Oxford Book of English Verse: Robert Mannyng of Brunne John Barbour Geoffrey Chaucer Thomas Hoccleve John Lydgate King James I of Scotland Robert Henryson William Dunbar Anonymous John Skelton Stephen Hawes Sir Thomas Wyatt Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey Nicholas Grimald Alexander Scott Robert Wever Richard Edwardes George Gascoigne... The Oxford Book of Ballads: Thomas the Rhymer Tam Lin Sir Cawline Sir Aldingar Cospatrick Willy's Lady The Queen of Elfland's Nourice Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight The Riddling Knight May Colvin The Wee Wee Man Alison Gross Kemp Owyne The Laily Worm and the Machrel of the Sea King Orfeo King Henry The Boy and the Mantle King Arthur and King Cornwall The Marriage of Sir Gawain... Modern Oxford Poetry: Oxford Poetry 1917 Oxford Poetry 1919 Oxford Poetry 1920 Oxford Poetry 1921 Oxford Lectures on Poetry: Poetry for Poetry's Sake The Sublime Hegel's Theory of Tragedy Wordsworth Shelley's View of Poetry The Long Poem in the Age of Wordsworth The Letters of Keats The Rejection of Falstaff Shakespeare's 'Antony and Cleopatra' Shakespeare the Man Shakespeare's Theatre and Audience