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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... collection ) 9 Piazza di S. Pietro at the time of Sisto V ( Vatican Library , Rome ; photo : Mansell Collection , London ) 10 Chidiock Tichborne , putative portrait attributed to Hans Eworth 1559 ( Petworth House , Sussex ; The National ...
... collection ) 9 Piazza di S. Pietro at the time of Sisto V ( Vatican Library , Rome ; photo : Mansell Collection , London ) 10 Chidiock Tichborne , putative portrait attributed to Hans Eworth 1559 ( Petworth House , Sussex ; The National ...
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... Collection , London ) 44 44 48 51 56 56 26 John Donne , c . 1595 ( The Marquess of Lothian ; photo : Bridgeman Art Library , London ) 27 John Donne by Isaac Oliver , 1616 , miniature ( Reproduced by Gracious Permission of Her Majesty ...
... Collection , London ) 44 44 48 51 56 56 26 John Donne , c . 1595 ( The Marquess of Lothian ; photo : Bridgeman Art Library , London ) 27 John Donne by Isaac Oliver , 1616 , miniature ( Reproduced by Gracious Permission of Her Majesty ...
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... Collection , London ) 48 Alexander Pope by Charles Jervas , 1715-27 ( National Portrait Gallery , London ) 49 Button's Coffee - house , 1720 , engraving by S. Ireland after Hogarth ( Mansell Collection , London ) 50 Lord Hervey , studio ...
... Collection , London ) 48 Alexander Pope by Charles Jervas , 1715-27 ( National Portrait Gallery , London ) 49 Button's Coffee - house , 1720 , engraving by S. Ireland after Hogarth ( Mansell Collection , London ) 50 Lord Hervey , studio ...
Contents
Medieval to Elizabethan 14001600 | 16 |
Shakespeare 15641616 | 41 |
Metaphysical and Devotional 15901670 | 56 |
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