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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... writer at all . Professional writers hardly existed at the time , except in the theatre . Rochester's longer - lived contemporary , John Dryden , was a professional writer , and one of considerable range , who in his lifetime was as ...
... writer at all . Professional writers hardly existed at the time , except in the theatre . Rochester's longer - lived contemporary , John Dryden , was a professional writer , and one of considerable range , who in his lifetime was as ...
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... writers who for much of their lives worked in isolation , largely unrecognised , like Poe , Whitman and Melville ... writing poems since she was a girl ; but suddenly , in her early thirties , she began to write as if possessed . She ...
... writers who for much of their lives worked in isolation , largely unrecognised , like Poe , Whitman and Melville ... writing poems since she was a girl ; but suddenly , in her early thirties , she began to write as if possessed . She ...
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... writer and producer . There he remained , apart from some short periods lecturing abroad , until his sudden death from pneumonia . Collected Poems , edited by E. R. Dodds , 1966 . Born in London , educated there , at Marlborough and at ...
... writer and producer . There he remained , apart from some short periods lecturing abroad , until his sudden death from pneumonia . Collected Poems , edited by E. R. Dodds , 1966 . Born in London , educated there , at Marlborough and at ...
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Medieval to Elizabethan 14001600 | 16 |
Shakespeare 15641616 | 41 |
Metaphysical and Devotional 15901670 | 56 |
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