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