A history of English poetry.
Publisher: Russell & Russell
Published: 1962
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: English poetry -- History and criticism
Table of contents: title: v. 1. The Middle Ages: influence of the Roman Empire, the encyclopædic education of the church, the feudal system.; title: v. 2. The Renaissance and the Reformation: influence of the court and the universities.; title: v. 3. The intellectual conflict of the seventeenth century: decadent influence of the feudal monarch, growth of the national genius.; title: v. 4. Development and decline of the poetic drama: influence of the court and the people.; title: v. 5. The constitutional compromise of the eighteenth century, effects of the classical renaissance; its zenith and decline; the early romantic renaissance.; title: v. 6. The romantic movement in English poetry, effects of the French revolution.