The British Tradition I: Poetry, Prose, & Drama from the Old English & Medieval Periods

Did you ever wish you didn’t have to sort through all the thousands of poems that have been written over the years to find the best of the best? Cheryl Lowe has done the work for you in these new anthologies, including three volumes of British poetry and one volume of American poetry and short stories from the 19th-20th Centuries. These anthologies will be great supplement to your student’s literature studies in these time periods.

Poetry, Prose, & Drama Book One: The Old English & Medieval Periods Student Guide helps students navigate the first anthology in our British Tradition series. The anthology features poetry from the Anglo-Saxon Invasion to the Tudor Accession (449-1485). The works included in this anthology introduce students to a variety of poetic styles including epic, elegy, riddle, history, lyric, dream, allegory, and ballad. Through the exploration of these poems students will come to a deeper understanding of the literature of the warrior, the priest, the medieval church, and the common people.