A history of English poetry, by W. J. Courthope ...

6 v. fronts. (fold. tables) 23 cm.--I. The middle ages. Influence of the Roman empire. The encyclopaedic 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