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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... Charles II attributed to T. Hawker , c . 1680 ( National Portrait Gallery , London ) 93 95 97 46 Jonathan Swift by Charles Jervas , c . 1718 ( National Portrait Gallery , London ) 47 Dublin , eighteenth - century engraving by Cary ...
... Charles II attributed to T. Hawker , c . 1680 ( National Portrait Gallery , London ) 93 95 97 46 Jonathan Swift by Charles Jervas , c . 1718 ( National Portrait Gallery , London ) 47 Dublin , eighteenth - century engraving by Cary ...
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... Charles II . Rochester called the poem from which the lines come ' A Satire Against Reason and Mankind ' ; and yet they seem , in a perverse way , to usher in what has been called the ' Age of Reason ' , in their scepticism rather than ...
... Charles II . Rochester called the poem from which the lines come ' A Satire Against Reason and Mankind ' ; and yet they seem , in a perverse way , to usher in what has been called the ' Age of Reason ' , in their scepticism rather than ...
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... Charles II - in particular the Earl of Shaftesbury , the Duke of Buckingham and the Duke of Monmouth . Under an elaborate but transparent code of names drawn from the Bible , he used his satire as a direct political weapon . Take Charles ...
... Charles II - in particular the Earl of Shaftesbury , the Duke of Buckingham and the Duke of Monmouth . Under an elaborate but transparent code of names drawn from the Bible , he used his satire as a direct political weapon . Take Charles ...
Contents
Medieval to Elizabethan 14001600 | 16 |
Shakespeare 15641616 | 41 |
Metaphysical and Devotional 15901670 | 56 |
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