TY - BOOK AU - Courthope,William John TI - A history of English poetry U1 - 821.09 PY - 1897/// CY - New York, London PB - Macmillan and Co. KW - English poetry KW - History and criticism N1 - 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 ER -