A Treasury of Great Poems: English and American

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Acknowledgments v
• In Praise of Poetry vii
• Contents ix
• Preface xlvii
• I - The Bible 1
• II - Foundations of the English Spirit 61
• III - The Popular Ballad 123
• IV - Early Songs of Unknown Authorship 163
• V - Toward the Golden Age 175
• VI - Elizabethan Songs of Unknown Authorship 253
• VII - William Shakespeare [1564-1616] 271
• VIII - Anatomy of the World 319
• IX - Gallants, Puritans, and Divines 389
• X - The Rise and Fall of Elegance 503
• XI - Pure Vision, Pure Song 595

• Title Page iii
• Acknowledgments v
• In Praise of Poetry vii
• Contents ix
• Preface xlvii
• I - The Bible 1
• II - Foundations of the English Spirit 61
• III - The Popular Ballad 123
• IV - Early Songs of Unknown Authorship 163
• V - Toward the Golden Age 175
• VI - Elizabethan Songs of Unknown Authorship 253
• VII - William Shakespeare [1564-1616] 271
• VIII - Anatomy of the World 319
• IX - Gallants, Puritans, and Divines 389
• X - The Rise and Fall of Elegance 503
• XI - Pure Vision, Pure Song 595
• XII - The Spirit of Revolution and Romance 633
• XIII - Faith, Doubt, and Democracy 777
• XIV - Challenge to Tradition 889
• XV - The World of the Twentieth Century 1023
• Acknowledgments 1229
• Sources of Reference 1233
• Index 1235
• Index of First Lines 1265
• A Note about the Author *