A History of British Poetry From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from A History of British Poetry From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century An attempt has been made in the present work to trace the history of British poetry from the commencement, and to supply the student with the most important features of its development and progress to the beginning of the twentieth century. In doing so the utmost care has been taken to omit no name which is worthy of mention in a work of the kind, and to give the chief details regarding each in a due proportion. The General Historical Sketch, though lengthy, is by no means adequate to the greatness of the subject. It is suggestive rather than comprehensive. It will be clear to the student that in its treatment it was impossible to avoid the mention of matters of fact and surmise, which arc repeated, in their places, in the body of the book. In compiling the biographical notices, the author has endeavoured to be accurate and impartial. As regards the relative space allotted to each author, the justice meted out may be open to question in some cases, but the aim has been to differentiate as far as possible between major and minor poets. In a comparative study of the works of poets of the two classes, however, it will frequently be found that the relative claims to distinction do not rest so much on the intrinsic merit of the poems as upon their length. Taken as poetry, some of the shortest works of the so-called minor poets have a greater claim to immortality, and sometimes even a greater certainty of it, than some of the epics of those whose names arc as household words. It occasionally happens, too, that the biographical features are in themselves worthy of exhaustive treatment. To the earnest student of history no department of literature is more attractive and useful than biography. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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