Unsentimental, opinionated, and quotable, The Lives of the Poets continues to influence the reputations of the writers concerned. It is one of the greatest works of English criticism, but also one of the most humanly diverting.

... In author's vanity or pride an't bear a neighbour by his side , though he but delighted goes long the track which Nature shows , ior ever madly runs astray , Pocross his brother in his way . And some there are , whose narrow minds ...

For the better part of forty years, Edith Sitwell's poetry has been neglected by critics.

A delightful and comprehensive look at the lives and works of some of England's finest poets.

Using the poet's native Italian landscapes, Gilbert Highet recreates these poets in situ to evoke the essence of their work.

In some 60 short episodes, this book captures moments of a writer's inner and public life, close moments with friends and strangers, occasional reminders of a poet's generally low place in the cultural hierarchy; time spent with cats; the ...

... ENGLISH TRAVELLER 1633 Heywood's preface to this play is inter- esting , as it shows the heroic indifference about the opinion of posterity , which some of these great writers seem to have felt . There is a magnanimity in author- ship ...

"A version of this book was originally published by Ticknor & Fields, a division of Houghton Mifflin, in 1992 under the title Their Ancient Glittering Eyes."--Title page verso.

... , or forc'd , Shaks .: Troil . and Cress . Act i . Sc . 3 Butler : Hudibras . Pt . ii . Canto i . Line 627 So the best things be said o ' the worst . 8974 They that do write in author's praises , And freely. POWER - PRAISE . 429.