A history of English poetry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Courthope, William John, 1842-1917.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English poetry--History and criticism.

English poetry.

Physical Description:

6 volumes : folded tables. ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Russell & Russell, 1962.

Contents:

v. 1. The Middle Ages: influence of the Roman Empire, the encyclopædic education of the church, the feudal system.

v. 2. The Renaissance and the Reformation: influence of the court and the universities.

v. 3. The intellectual conflict of the seventeenth century: decadent influence of the feudal monarch, growth of the national genius.

v. 4. Development and decline of the poetic drama: influence of the court and the people.

v. 5. The constitutional compromise of the eighteenth century, effects of the classical renaissance; its zenith and decline; the early romantic renaissance.

v. 6. The romantic movement in English poetry, effects of the French Revolution.

OCLC:

349494