Books like Lives of the Poets

12 books to read next

• A Poetry Handbook Mary Oliver 2.5 h
• The Discovery Of Poetry Frances Mayes 10.7 h
• The Metaphysical Poets Helen Gardner, Gardner, Helen, editor, ed Helen Gardner, H. Gardner, Edited BY Helen Gardner 6.1 h
• An Introduction to Poetry X. J. Kennedy 9.3 h
• Poems by John Keats John Keats 6.2 h
• Paradise Lost John Milton 6.1 h
• Mystery Train Greil Marcus 5.9 h
• The Poetical Works of John Dryden John Dryden, John Mitford 9.6 h
• Lyrical Ballads William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William 1770-1850 Wordsworth, Thomas Hutchinson 4.6 h
• Poems George Herbert 4.9 h
• Life of Samuel Johnson James Boswell 11.3 h
• Letters Concerning the English Nation Voltaire 3.4 h

How long each takes

A Poetry Handbook Mary Oliver 2.5 h The Discovery Of Poetry Frances Mayes 10.7 h The Metaphysical Poets Helen Gardner, Gardner, Helen, editor, ed Helen Gardner, H. Gardner, Edited BY Helen Gardner 6.1 h An Introduction to Poetry X. J. Kennedy 9.3 h Poems by John Keats John Keats 6.2 h Paradise Lost John Milton 6.1 h Mystery Train Greil Marcus 5.9 h The Poetical Works of John Dryden John Dryden, John Mitford 9.6 h Lyrical Ballads William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William 1770-1850 Wordsworth, Thomas Hutchinson 4.6 h Poems George Herbert 4.9 h Life of Samuel Johnson James Boswell 11.3 h Letters Concerning the English Nation Voltaire 3.4 h

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