Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe - the entirety of common knowledge for Americans of their nineteenth century poets. "Teaching Nineteenth-Century American Poetry" is here to help teachers correct this practice by opening students' range from three to the dozens of other notable poets from that century. A broad look at these 'forgotten' poets, their poetry, their philosophy and ideas, it's a comprehensive guide on this era of the art and a makes "Teaching Nineteenth-Century American Poetry" a must have for any educator in charge of teaching the subject and for community library education collections.
Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch