history of English poetry
By: by W. J. Courthope.
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1903
Place of publication: New York
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 monarch. 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.