Bibliograph

A short history of English poetry, 1340-1940

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A short history of English poetry, 1340-1940

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A short history of English poetry, 1340-1940

Oclc number

349503

Summary

A concise and authoritative guide to English and American poetry from Chaucer to T.S. Eliot

Table Of Contents

The fourteenth century: Chaucer -- The fiteenth century -- The early Tudors -- The earlier Elizabethans -- The later Elizabethans -- The seventeenth century: Donne and the metaphysicals -- The seventeenth century: Jacobean and Caroline lyrists; Milton -- The age of satire 1660-1745 -- The age of prose 1725-1785 -- Romanticism: the first phase 1785-1810 -- Romanticism: the second phase 1803-1830 -- The middle-class muse 1830-1892 -- The later nineteenth century -- The twentieth century

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