An introduction to 50 modern British Poets by Michael Schmidt
 
The vital and complex tradition of English verse through the 20th century has produced many fascinating and often neglected poetic byways, as well as the outstanding achievements of such poets as TS Eliot and Dylan Thomas. Michael Schmidt's Literature Guides traces the life and works of 50 poets, from the Edwardians, Hardy and Houseman, through Owen and the War Poets, Auden and his Circle of the thirties, to the contemporary world of Philip Larkin and Ted Hughes.