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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... Donne himself was ambitious , audacious , extreme . Later in his life he made , or tried to make , a firm distinction between the young ' Jack Donne ' ( the writer of lascivious verse and scurrilous satires ) and the mature and devout ...
... Donne himself was ambitious , audacious , extreme . Later in his life he made , or tried to make , a firm distinction between the young ' Jack Donne ' ( the writer of lascivious verse and scurrilous satires ) and the mature and devout ...
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... Donne's originality does not lie in his ideas , or even in his subject - matter , but in his manner of attack . The idea of a flea having commerce , as it were , between lovers , was not an entirely original one there are other ...
... Donne's originality does not lie in his ideas , or even in his subject - matter , but in his manner of attack . The idea of a flea having commerce , as it were , between lovers , was not an entirely original one there are other ...
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... Donne was a dramatist , though he wrote no plays . It is sometimes forgotten that Donne was just as much an Elizabethan as Shakespeare : Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and Richard II are probably almost exactly contemporary with many of ...
... Donne was a dramatist , though he wrote no plays . It is sometimes forgotten that Donne was just as much an Elizabethan as Shakespeare : Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and Richard II are probably almost exactly contemporary with many of ...
Contents
Medieval to Elizabethan 14001600 | 16 |
Shakespeare 15641616 | 41 |
Metaphysical and Devotional 15901670 | 56 |
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