Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Foreword V
3. Contents VII
4. I. Introduction 1
5. 2. The Ode Prior to John Milton 17
6. 3. Milton and the Metaphysical Poets 64
7. 4. Crashaw, Cowley, and the Pindaric Ode 93
8. 5. John Dryden and the Restoration 123
9. 6. Ode Writers of the Augustan Age 146
10. 7. Collins, Gray, and the Return of the Imagination 186
11. 8. Lesser Ode Writers and the Romantic Trend 214
12. 9. The Ode and the Blue Flower 242
13. 10. Conclusion 276
14. Index 299