Poetry Society collection
The Poetry Society Collection consists of around 11,000 volumes of both literary and critical works, especially poetry, published between 1709-2006.
In particular there is an emphasis on English writing of the 19th- and early 20th-centuries.
About the collection
Acquisition
The Poetry Society Library was handed to the University, as a long term loan, in 1986. This was marked with a reception in Langwith College Senior Common Room on 29 October 1986. The arrangement originated from the particular interest of a staff member in the Department of English in 20th-century poetry, at a time when the Poetry Society was looking to establish a library outside of London.