1st Edition

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

By David Hopkins Copyright 1994
288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more
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

Biography

David Hopkins