{"product_id":"the-treasuries","title":"The Treasuries","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe fascinating history of poetry anthologies and their influence on British society and culture over the last four centuries.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor centuries, poetry anthologies shaped the way that generations of British readers encountered literature. Eighteenth-century young women were introduced to the permissible bits of Shakespeare and Swift in censored collections. Working-class Victorians enrolled to be taught from The Golden Treasury at adult learning colleges. Pop-loving teenagers in the 1960s got their first taste of the counterculture from the bestselling The Mersey Sound.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Treasuries\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Clare Bucknell reveals anthologies to be a unique window into social history. This is the story of some of the most widely read books ever published, and the cultural conversations – around politics, gender, class and nationhood – they sparked.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bucknell, Clare","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover (Classics)","offer_id":48756081623264,"sku":null,"price":18.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/Screenshot2026-02-10at4.24.11PM_2d389f20-e5d6-4472-9f12-618d2cb3b909.png?v=1770755191","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/the-treasuries","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}