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.

An essential introduction to the most significant poems and their works since 1900 Reproduced within this collection are some of the greatest poems of the 20th century, featuring works from major writers such as T.S. Eliot and Sylvia Plath ...

... 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 ...

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.

... 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 ...

... Poet . Biographer .. Poetess ... Author of Biog . Notes of Johnson , & c . Theologian , & c . Historian ... in Author of Moral Tales , & c . · • • Author of " Peter Wilkins . " • • · Anna Maria Porter . Dr. Thomas Chalmers ...

Anna Lydia Ward, Henry George Bohn. They that do write in author's praises , And freely give their friends their voices , Are not confined to what is true ; That's not to give , but pay a due : For praise that's due does give no more To ...

... English dramatic poet , the associate of Francis Beaumont in author- ship , born in 1576 , died by the plague in 1625 . His father , Dr. Richard Fletcher , was suc- cessively bishop of Bristol , Worcester , and London . He was educated ...