Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. 1 Gods, Heroes and Monsters 1
4. 2 War, Adventure, Love 7
5. 3 Latin Classics 13
6. 4 Anglo-Saxon Poetry 19
7. 5 Continental Masters of the Middle Ages 25
8. 6 A European Poet 31
9. 7 Poets of the Seen World and the Unseen 37
10. 8 Tudor Court Poets 43
11. 9 Elizabethan Love Poets 50
12. 10 Copernicus in Poetry 58
13. 11 An Age of Individualism 65
14. 12 Religious Individualists 74
15. 13 Poetry from the World Beyond 83
16. 14 The Augustan Age 91
17. 15 The Other Eighteenth Century 98
18. 16 Communal Poetry 105
19. 17 Lyrical Ballads, and After 112
20. 18 Second-Generation Romantics 120
21. 19 Romantic Eccentrics 128
22. 20 From Romanticism to Modernism in German Poetry 137
23. 21 Making Russian Literature 145
24. 22 Great Victorians 152
25. 23 Reform, Resolve and Religion: Victorian Women Poets 160
26. 24 American Revolutionaries 168
27. 25 Shaking the Foundations 177
28. 26 New Voices at the End of an Era 184
29. 27 The Georgian Poets 192
30. 28 Poetry of the First World War 200
31. 29 The Great Escapist 208
32. 30 Inventing Modernism 215
33. 31 West Meets East 222
34. 32 American Modernists 230
35. 33 Getting Over Modernism 239
36. 34 The Thirties Poets 247
37. 35 Poetry of the Second World War 255
38. 36 American Confessional Poets, and Others 262
39. 37 The Movement Poets and Associates 269
40. 38 Fatal Attractions 276
41. 39 Poets in Politics 282
42. 40 Poets who Cross Boundaries 289
43. Acknowledgements 296
44. Index 305