The Routledge Anthology of Poets on Poets: Poetic Responses to English Poetry from Chaucer to Yeats

by David Hopkins

Overview

The Routledge Anthology of Poets on Poets collects together writings by all the major poetic figures from Chaucer to Yeats demonstrating their vivid responses to each other, ranging from elegiac eulogy to burlesque and satire.
The anthology is arranged in two sections.
Part One contains poets' writings on the nature, qualities and purpose of poetry
Part Two is a chronological collection of poets' writings on their peers, with an individual entry for each poet.
Each extract is presented in modernized spelling and punctuation, and is carefully annotated to provide full explanations of unfamiliar phrases and references. The index has been fully revised for this paperback edition.
The Routledge Anthology of Poets on Poets will be stimulating and enjoyable for anyone interested in the history of English poetry, but will also be an invaluable collection of primary source material for students and their teachers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134814831
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/02/2003
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	856 KB

About the Author

David Hopkins

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements, Preface, Introduction PART ONE: ON POETRY English poets’ reflections on the art of poetry PART TWO: ON POETS English poets’ responses to their peers, from Chaucer to Yeats, Poets of the 14th and 15th centuries, Listings from Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1343–1400) to William Butler Yeats (1865–1939), Indexes

Editorial Reviews

..."highly informative and entertaining work... Students and scholars of Renaissance and seventeenth-century verse will be pleased by Hopkins' content."
-"Seventeenth-Century News

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