 | Poetical Dust: Poets'' Corner and the Making of Britain Subjects: Poets’ Corner (Westminster Abbey) -- History; Literary landmarks -- England -- London -- History; Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History; Authors and readers -- Great Britain -- History; Poets English -- Tombs; Authors English -- Tombs; Thomas Prendergast's Poetical Dust offers a provocative and far-reaching analysis of Poets' Corner. Covering nearly a thousand years of political and literary history, the book examines the chaotic, sometimes fitful process through which Britain has consecrated its poetry and poets. Thomas Prendergast is Professor of English at The College of Wooster and author of Chaucer's Dead Body: From Corpse to Corpus. |
