A HISTORY OF ENGLISH POETRY

A HISTORY

OF

ENGLISH POETRY

BY

W. J. COURTHOPE, C.B.

M.A., D. LITT., LL.D.

LATE PROFESSOR OF POETRY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
HON. FELLOW OF NEW COLLEGE, OXFORD

VOL. V

THE CONSTITUTIONAL COMPROMISE OF THE
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

EFFECTS OF THE CLASSICAL RENAISSANCE;
ITS ZENITH AND DECLINE; THE EARLY
ROMANTIC RENAISSANCE

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