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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... painted by an unknown artist c . 1595 . 27. ( left ) The mature and devout Dr Donne , Dean of St Paul's , painted by Isaac Oliver in 1616 . PAS DOMUTA the shock tactics of his rhetoric to persuade his audience. Metaphysical and ...
... painted by an unknown artist c . 1595 . 27. ( left ) The mature and devout Dr Donne , Dean of St Paul's , painted by Isaac Oliver in 1616 . PAS DOMUTA the shock tactics of his rhetoric to persuade his audience. Metaphysical and ...
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... Consideration ' or ' A Reflection ' on his eighty - sixth birthday . It was 108. Thomas Hardy painted by Strang two years before he died . Hardy's address to the world after a lifetime in which. Romantics and Realists , 1870-1920 211.
... Consideration ' or ' A Reflection ' on his eighty - sixth birthday . It was 108. Thomas Hardy painted by Strang two years before he died . Hardy's address to the world after a lifetime in which. Romantics and Realists , 1870-1920 211.
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... Foresees His Death I know that I shall meet my fate Somewhere among the clouds above ; Those that I fight I do not hate , Those that I guard I do not love ; 115. W. B. Yeats painted in 1907 by Augustus John Early Twentieth Century, 1914-39.
... Foresees His Death I know that I shall meet my fate Somewhere among the clouds above ; Those that I fight I do not hate , Those that I guard I do not love ; 115. W. B. Yeats painted in 1907 by Augustus John Early Twentieth Century, 1914-39.
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Medieval to Elizabethan 14001600 | 16 |
Shakespeare 15641616 | 41 |
Metaphysical and Devotional 15901670 | 56 |
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