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Six centuries of verse

Is both a history and an anthology of poetry in the English language, from Chaucer to T.S. Eliot and from Shakespeare to Dylan Thomas
Print Book, English, 1984
Thames Methuen, London, 1984
Criticism, interpretation, etc
xiii, 290 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780423009507, 9780423009606, 0423009508, 0423009605
10959212
Chaucer, 1340-1400
Medieval to Elizabethan, 1400-1600
Shakespeare, 1564-1616
Metaphysical and devotional, 1590-1670
Milton, 1608-74
Restoration and Augustan, 1660-1745
Late classical poets and romantic pioneers, 1750-1850
Wordsworth, 1770-1850
Younger romantics, 1800-24
Victorians, 1837-1901
American pioneers, 1849-1910
Romantics and realists, 1870-1920
Early twentieth century, 1914-1939
Later twentieth century, 1934-84
Includes index