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“The Golden Treasury: From Shakespeare to the Present” is a poetry anthology compiled by Francis Turner Palgrave. First published in 1861, it has since become one of the most well-known and widely used anthologies of English poetry.
Francis Turner Palgrave, a scholar and critic, selected and arranged the poems in “The Golden Treasury” with the intention of providing a collection of the finest English poetry from the Elizabethan era to the mid-19th century. The anthology includes works by prominent poets such as William Shakespeare, John Milton, William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Emily Dickinson, and many others.
“The Golden Treasury” is organized into different sections, covering themes like love, nature, time, and the human experience. The selections reflect Palgrave’s taste and judgments about what constitutes the best poetry.
The anthology has been celebrated for its literary value and its contribution to the understanding and appreciation of English poetry. It has been reprinted and revised multiple times over the years. “The Golden Treasury” remains a classic collection that provides readers with a diverse and representative sampling of some of the finest poetry in the English language.
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