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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... plays ( well over thirty plays in twenty years ) , whose genius was harnessed to producing successful public entertainments . His sonnets and his other non - dramatic poems , such as Venus and Adonis and The Phoenix and the Turtle , are ...
... plays ( well over thirty plays in twenty years ) , whose genius was harnessed to producing successful public entertainments . His sonnets and his other non - dramatic poems , such as Venus and Adonis and The Phoenix and the Turtle , are ...
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... plays appeared in print in his lifetime , but often in inaccurate and mutilated form . The following list gives the first publication of his poems , and the probable date of the first production of each play . Venus and Adonis 1593 The ...
... plays appeared in print in his lifetime , but often in inaccurate and mutilated form . The following list gives the first publication of his poems , and the probable date of the first production of each play . Venus and Adonis 1593 The ...
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... plays , beginning with The Rock and Murder in the Cathedral in 1934 and 1935 , and ending with The Elder Statesman in 1958. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1948. He also published much literary criticism . The Complete ...
... plays , beginning with The Rock and Murder in the Cathedral in 1934 and 1935 , and ending with The Elder Statesman in 1958. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1948. He also published much literary criticism . The Complete ...
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Medieval to Elizabethan 14001600 | 16 |
Shakespeare 15641616 | 41 |
Metaphysical and Devotional 15901670 | 56 |
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