William Harmon

The Classic Hundred Poems are presented grouped by author; the authors are ordered more or less chronologically. I have no opinion on the choices made, but noticed that fragments of many of the poems were familiar to me; I must have encountered them, quoted, sometimes not explicitly, in other works. The commentary on the poems and the lives of the poets often seemed shallow, while some of the readings seemed to me rather poor, almost irritating. I enjoyed the recording anyway, quite a lot. Even where I do not enjoy the poems, they have some historical interest. Sometimes, when I already knew the poem, but nothing much about it, I learned a bit more.… (mehr)