Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface VII
3. Contents XI
4. I. Lyrical Quality and Lyric Form 1
5. II. The Lyric in England before the Miscellanies 20
6. III. Lyric Themes and Lyrical Quality in the Miscellanies 56
7. IV. Other Lyrists of the Miscellany Period 98
8. V. The Sonnet-Series 124
9. VI. Other Lyrists of the Sonnet Period 176
10. VII. The Song-Books 207
11. VIII. The Lyric in the Drama 244
12. IX. Metrical Forms in the Elizabethan Lyric 275
13. X. Conclusion 297
14. Appendix. A Chronology of the Elizabethan Lyric 305
15. Bibliography 313
16. Index 331
17. Backmatter 345