This volume of E.J. Pratt's selected poems introduces Pratt's poems to the college and university student, providing the background necessary for an informed reading of the poems. The volume offers a full sampling of Pratt's poems chosen both for their representativeness and for their intrinsic value. Included are the major long poems, The Witches' Brew, The Iron Door, The Titanic, Br?beuf and His Brethren, and Towards the Last Spike, and important shorter lyrics such as 'Newfoundland, ' 'Come Away, Death, ' and 'From Stone to Steel.'

The editorial approach is historical,...