Courthope, William John, 1842-1917.

A history of English poetry / Volume II : The Renaissance and The Reformation by W.J. Courthope ... - New York ; London : Macmillan and Co., 1897 - 429p. : fronts. (fold. tables) ; 23 cm.

I. The Middle Ages. Influence of the Roman Empire. The encyclopædic education of the church. The feudal system.--II. The Renaissance and the Reformation. Influence of the court and the universities.--III. The intellectual conflict of the seventeenth century. Decadent influence of the feudal monarchy. Growth of the national genius.--IV. Development and decline of the poetic drama. Influence of the court and the people.--V. The constitutional compromise of the eighteenth century. Effects of the classical renaissance, its zenith and decline. The early romantic renaissance.--VI. The romantic movement in English poetry. Effects of the French Revolution.


English poetry--History and criticism.

821.09 / COH 1897