Six Centuries of VerseAnthony Thwaite A history and an anthology of poetry in the English language, from Chaucer to T.S. Elliot, from Shakespeare to Dylan Thomas. Illustrated with contemporary portraits and landscapes, this book is an introduction to English poetry. Anthony Thwaite received the Cholmondeley Award for Poetry in 1983. |
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... Born in Suffolk . Educated at Cambridge . In London , wrote many controversial pamphlets on religious , political , social and literary matters . Wrote picaresque novel , The Unfortunate Traveller , 1594 . The Complete Works of Thomas ...
... Born in Suffolk . Educated at Cambridge . In London , wrote many controversial pamphlets on religious , political , social and literary matters . Wrote picaresque novel , The Unfortunate Traveller , 1594 . The Complete Works of Thomas ...
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... Born at Montgomery Castle , Wales . Educated at Cambridge , where he was a Fellow of Trinity College , Reader in Rhetoric , and Public Orator from 1619-27 . Frequently at court , 1620-25 . Ordained deacon , 1626 , and priest , 1630 ...
... Born at Montgomery Castle , Wales . Educated at Cambridge , where he was a Fellow of Trinity College , Reader in Rhetoric , and Public Orator from 1619-27 . Frequently at court , 1620-25 . Ordained deacon , 1626 , and priest , 1630 ...
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... Born in Dublin , son of Anglo - Irish parents ( his father was a painter ) , and brought up partly in London . Studied art in Dublin in the mid 1880s , and published his first full - length book of poems in 1886. He lived mainly in ...
... Born in Dublin , son of Anglo - Irish parents ( his father was a painter ) , and brought up partly in London . Studied art in Dublin in the mid 1880s , and published his first full - length book of poems in 1886. He lived mainly in ...
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Medieval to Elizabethan 14001600 | 16 |
Shakespeare 15641616 | 41 |
Metaphysical and Devotional 15901670 | 56 |
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