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The author considers seven poets: Newbolt, Masefield, Hardy Thomas, Housman, Davidson, and Brooke, and argues that their work deserves more serious critical attention than it has received. He analyzes a number of individual poems and isolates certain common concerns.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Millard, Kenneth
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Clarendon, 1991.
Series:Oxford English monographs.
Subjects:
English poetry > 20th century > History and criticism.
Great Britain > History > Edward VII, 1901-1910.
Poésie anglaise > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1901-1910 (Édouard VII)
English poetry
Great Britain
1900-1999
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Henry Newbolt
  • John Masefield : the homesick Edwardian
  • Hardy's The Dynasts
  • A.E. Housman and the perils of cheat and charmer
  • Edward Thomas and modern poetry
  • John Davidson : Scottish versus English
  • Rupert Brooke : The Strife of limbs.