Who’s Who in Twentieth‐Century Poetry

From where I frequently sit, at the enquiry counter of a public library reference department; and from those I frequently talk to, colleagues in other departments; and from what I read in library and arts journals; it is clear that there is an increased interest in poetry. Timely, then, for Routledge to produce a twentieth‐century volume in their excellent Who’s Who series. Such is the superb physical quality of this series that I almost forgot to groan “Not another dictionary/directory/encylopaedia of poetry!” Before I do so though, I will make another curmudgeonly point, about the origin and provenance of reference...