DARIL BENTLEY is a graduate of Binghamton University and of the University of Denver Publishing Institute. He holds a degree in Literature and the English Language and studied with poet Milton Kessler of the Creative Writing Program while at Binghamton University. He is a veteran of the book publishing industry and is founder of Bentley Editorial Services. On staff and freelance, he has served as general editor, production editor, textual editor, and master copyeditor for many of the well-known poets of the day, national and international—including six U.S. Poets Laureate. His first project in poetry publishing was as Assistant Production Editor for the final editions of Allen Ginsberg’s Collected Poems, Howl, and White Shroud. He has also edited numerous poetry anthologies in these capacities. Mr. Bentley is founder of the Corning, NY, Poetry Reading Series and of POST (Poetry Outreach of the Southern Tier) in southern-central New York State. He has taught English, literature, and poetry in the public school system and as a literacy volunteer and participant in community literacy and poetry events. He is the author of ten books of poetry and has been published in numerous poetry journals, nationally and abroad. He has been a semifinalist for the Yale Series of Younger Poets Award and a finalist for the New Mexico Book Award for Poetry, as well as having received an Honorable Mention in the Writer’s Digest International Book Award for Self-published Poetry, among other honors. He resides in Elmira, New York.
The Bentley Guide
To Poets & Poetry in English Chaucer (b. 1340) to Brodsky (b. 1940)Chaucer (b. 1340) to Brodsky (b. 1940)
by Daril Bentley, Editor
The Bentley Guide
To Poets & Poetry in English Chaucer (b. 1340) to Brodsky (b. 1940)Chaucer (b. 1340) to Brodsky (b. 1940)
by Daril Bentley, Editor
Published Sep 27, 2019
654 Pages
Genre: REFERENCE / Encyclopedias
Book Details
Representing more than four decades of research, writing, editing, and compilation, The Bentley Guide to Poets & Poetry in English is an eminently practical guide to six centuries of poets and poetry in the English language. The book features:
• Alphabetical listing of more than 1,200 poets in the English language from birth date of 1340 (Chaucer) to birth date of 1940 (e.g., Brodsky), including national affiliation, birth and death dates, brief biographies, and lists of representative works. Listings include major, minor, lesser-known, obscure, and one-off poets, as well as poets better known for other genres.
• Birth date chronological timeline of all poets referenced, placing the poets in historical perspective.
• Editor’s selection of 70 poets whose complete works merit investigation.
• Listing of famous and lauded poets in English.
• Editor’s recommended poets in English.
• Classic poems in the language by title and by author.
• Editor’s selection of 130 essential poems by title and by author.
• Editor’s selection of the best poems of 70 masters.
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