The Oxford Book of American Verse by F.O. Matthiessen
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is the third of these 1650 to 1950 anthologies that I've read in the past year or so. And the longest. At this point, it's difficult to differentiate between them in quality. Considering when they were published, it shouldn't be surprising that they lack considerable in the area of diversity. The book contains most of the usual suspects from Bradstreet to Lowell.

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