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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... Oxford ) I Chaucer from Hoccleve's De Regimine Principum , early fifteenth century ( Harley MS 4866 , f . 88 ) ( The Trustees of the British Museum , London ; photo : Bridgeman Art Library , London ) 2 Woodcut of London , 1510 , from ...
... Oxford ) I Chaucer from Hoccleve's De Regimine Principum , early fifteenth century ( Harley MS 4866 , f . 88 ) ( The Trustees of the British Museum , London ; photo : Bridgeman Art Library , London ) 2 Woodcut of London , 1510 , from ...
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... Oxford , where he became a Roman Catholic convert , entering the Jesuit Novitiate in 1868 and being ordained priest in 1877. He served as a priest in London , Oxford , Liverpool and Glasgow between 1877 and 1882 , when he went to teach ...
... Oxford , where he became a Roman Catholic convert , entering the Jesuit Novitiate in 1868 and being ordained priest in 1877. He served as a priest in London , Oxford , Liverpool and Glasgow between 1877 and 1882 , when he went to teach ...
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... Oxford , 1910-15 . Worked as a teacher , then as a bank clerk , in England , 1915-25 . Joined the staff of the publishers , Faber and Gwyer ( later Faber and Faber ) in 1926 , becoming a director and working there until his death ...
... Oxford , 1910-15 . Worked as a teacher , then as a bank clerk , in England , 1915-25 . Joined the staff of the publishers , Faber and Gwyer ( later Faber and Faber ) in 1926 , becoming a director and working there until his death ...
Contents
Medieval to Elizabethan 14001600 | 16 |
Shakespeare 15641616 | 41 |
Metaphysical and Devotional 15901670 | 56 |
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