{"product_id":"touchstones-1-a-teaching-anthology-of-poetry-edited-by-m-g-benton-and-p-benton","title":"'Touchstones 1: A Teaching Anthology (of poetry)' edited by M.G. Benton and P. Benton.","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"393\" data-end=\"816\"\u003eA weird relic of the education system that is doing some serious work in the aesthetics department.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"393\" data-end=\"816\"\u003eA 1968 poetry teaching anthology from English Universities Press, edited by M. G. and P. Benton, bringing together ballads, lyric poems, children’s verse, modern poetry, photographs, questions, close-reading prompts and classroom exercises. Inside are poems arranged as objects to be looked at, heard, interpreted and worried over — with pages moving between traditional verse, sparse modernist fragments, photographic spreads, and old-school classroom questions that now read almost like found poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"393\" data-end=\"816\"\u003eIncludes pieces such as \u003cem data-start=\"1104\" data-end=\"1136\"\u003eThe Tale of Custard the Dragon\u003c\/em\u003e, folk ballad material, short lyric poems, and sections built around image, sound, rhythm and attention. A good one for poetry readers, teachers, visual-text people, and anyone with a weakness for educational books that accidentally became design objects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"qMYqUG_convSearchResultHighlightRoot\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a13ebf1-e3bc-83ec-8e04-eb5854921a4e-21\" data-is-intersecting=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-6a13ebf1-e3bc-83ec-8e04-eb5854921a4e-21\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a13ebf1-e3bc-83ec-8e04-eb5854921a4e-21\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-174\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\" data-turn=\"assistant\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"0a8baee7-d01d-49d3-add5-8fcbaf6e34a1\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-5-thinking\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1681\" data-end=\"2058\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardback, first printed 1968. Edited by M. G. Benton and P. Benton; English Universities Press, printed in England by Cox \u0026amp; Wyman. Light rubbing and shelf wear to boards, with some corner\/edge wear; internally clean and readable, with strong black-and-white photographic and typographic material throughout. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44786788991059,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext-2026-05-29T154744.619.png?v=1780033680","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/touchstones-1-a-teaching-anthology-of-poetry-edited-by-m-g-benton-and-p-benton","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}