A history of English poetry
By: by W.J. Courthope ...
Publisher: Macmillan and Co.
Published: 1895
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Subjects: English poetry -- History and criticism.
Table of contents: title: I. The Middle Ages. Influence of the Roman Empire. The encyclopædic education of the church. The feudal system.; title: II. The Renaissance and the Reformation. Influence of the court and the universities.; title: III. The intellectual conflict of the seventeenth century. Decadent influence of the feudal monarchy. Growth of the national genius.; title: IV. Development and decline of the poetic drama. Influence of the court and the people.; title: V. The constitutional compromise of the eighteenth century. Effects of the classical renaissance, its zenith and decline. The early romantic renaissance.; title: VI. The romantic movement in English poetry. Effects of the French Revolution.