A literary-historical account of English poetry from Anglo-Saxon writings to the present.

This introductory book takes the reader through literary history from the Renaissance to Postmodernism, and considers individual texts as paradigms which can bo

Examines the way in which poetry in English makes use of rhythm. The author argues that there are three major influences which determine the verse-forms used in

Originally published in 1977, Old English and Middle English Poetry provides a historical approach to English poetry. The book examines the conditions out of wh