The six great Romantic poets represented in this concise collection - Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats - are those considered essential reading for anyone with an interest in the verse of the period.

• An essential selection of poetry by the six great Romantic poets.


• Ideal for general readers or for students taking short courses in Romanticism.


• Includes the whole of Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience.


• Gives readers a concise overview of Romantic poetry.

The six great Romantic poets represented in this concise collection - Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats - are those considered essential reading for anyone with an interest in the verse of the period.

• An essential selection of poetry by the six great Romantic poets.


• Ideal for general readers or for students taking short courses in Romanticism.


• Includes the whole of Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience.


• Gives readers a concise overview of Romantic poetry.

This concise collection of poetry from 1660-1789 offers readers authoritative texts of the central works of the age.

• Provides readers with authoritative texts of key poems from 1660-1789.
  
• Focuses on those works most widely taught at schools and universities.
  
• Offers students an accessible digest of the poetry of the period.
  
• Demonstrates the range of poetry written between the restoration of the monarchy and the beginnings of the Romantic movement.

Opening with extracts from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and closing with Spenser's Shepherd's Calendar, this concise collection introduces readers to some of the most influential poetry produced between the mid-fourteenth and late sixteenth centuries.

• Provides a concise selection of the most important late medieval poetry.
  
• Ideal for general readers, or for students needing a digest of the poetry of the period.
  
• Introduces readers to the lives of the poets, their major works, and the historical context in which they were...

This concise collection of Renaissance poetry includes selections from the works of Wyatt, Sidney, Marlow, Shakespeare, Jonson, Donne, Herbert and Milton.

• Contains a selection of the most significant Renaissance Poetry.
  
• Places traditional favourites are alongside less well-known titles, reflecting the ways in which the literary canon has changed in recent years.
  
• Includes a succinct introduction, which gives readers a sense of how poetry developed during the period.
  
• Ideal for readers seeking a first introduction to...

This concise collection of Renaissance poetry includes selections from the works of Wyatt, Sidney, Marlow, Shakespeare, Jonson, Donne, Herbert and Milton.

• Contains a selection of the most significant Renaissance Poetry.
  
• Places traditional favourites are alongside less well-known titles, reflecting the ways in which the literary canon has changed in recent years.
  
• Includes a succinct introduction, which gives readers a sense of how poetry developed during the period.
  
• Ideal for readers seeking a first introduction to...

Old and Middle English Poetry gathers together the essential texts from the earliest writings in the vernacular up to the time of Chaucer.

• Contains a selection of the most significant Old and Middle English Poetry.
  
• Encapsulates the foundation and consolidation of literature written in English.
  
• Places traditional favourites are alongside less well-known titles, reflecting the ways in which the literary canon has changed in recent years.
  
• Includes a succinct introduction, which gives readers a sense of how...

Old and Middle English Poetry gathers together the essential texts from the earliest writings in the vernacular up to the time of Chaucer.

• Contains a selection of the most significant Old and Middle English Poetry.
  
• Encapsulates the foundation and consolidation of literature written in English.
  
• Places traditional favourites are alongside less well-known titles, reflecting the ways in which the literary canon has changed in recent years.
  
• Includes a succinct introduction, which gives readers a sense of how...

This volume distils into two hundred pages some of the most influential poetry of the Victorian period.

• Distils into one volume the key poems of the Victorian era.
  
• Organised chronologically, allowing readers to perceive continuities and changes through the century.
  
• Includes a general introduction, giving readers an overview of the poets and the period.
  
• Represents texts in their entirety where possible.

The two plays presented in full in this volume - Wycherley's The Country Wife and Congreve's The Way of the World - illustrate the evolution of Restoration comedy between 1675 and 1700.

• Includes full texts of Wycherley's The Country Wife and Congreve's The Way of the World.


• Demonstrates how Restoration comedy evolved between 1675 and 1700.


• Introduces general readers or students to the genre.


• An editorial introduction guides readers through the plays and the period.
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