Download or read book 100 Great Poets of the English Language written by Dana Gioia and published by Longman Publishing Group. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 100 Great Poets provides a concise but comprehensive overview of the poetic tradition in English. Chronologically arranged, the book presents the major poets from Beowulf to the present with representative examples from each author. The headnotes and selections reflect the high notes of each poet s career the classic poems that have earned an enduring place in the canon of English language literature.