Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents xi
4. Illustrations xii
5. 1. Introduction 1
6. 2. Love Poetry 17
7. 3. The Vanguard Experiment 41
8. 4. Hermeticism 58
9. 5. Epic Poetry 105
10. 6. Plain Lyricism 144
11. 7. Conversational Poetry 175
12. Selected Bibliography 201
13. Index 209