The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse

The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse

Cover from a reissue version
Author	Philip Larkin
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genre	Poetry
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Publication date	1973
OCLC	637331
Dewey Decimal	821/.9/108
LC Class	PR1225 .L3

The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse is a poetry anthology edited by Philip Larkin. It was published in 1973 by Oxford University Press with . Larkin writes in the short preface that the selection is wide rather than deep; and also notes that for the post-1914 period it is more a collection of poems, than of poets. The remit was limited by him to poets with a period of residence in the British Isles. The volume contains works by 207 poets.