English and
Scottish
popular ballads.
Elmbendor - Poetry and Poets
Heroes of chivalry, p.
3-60.
[26]
Ker, W. P. Epic and romance, p. 182-202.
The Nibelungenlied
Texts:
[211]
The lay of the Nibelung men; tr. by A. S. Way.
The Nibelungenlied; tr. by D. B. Shumway.
The Nibelungenlied; tr. by G. H. Needier. [93] The story of Sigurd the Volsung, by William Morris.
The Sagas
[94]
Texts:
The story of the Volsungs and Niblungs ; tr. by E. Magnusson and Wil
liam Morris.
Saga of Grettir the Strong; tr. by G. A. Wright.
The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald the Tyrant. [112] Stories and ballads of the far past; tr. by N. Kershaw.
Song of Roland
Texts:
Song of Roland; tr. by Leonard Bacon. Song of Roland ; tr. by Jessie Crosland.
Troubadours
Texts:
Troubadour poets; tr. by Barbara Smythe.
[130]
Comments:
Auslander, J. The winged horse, by J. Auslander and F. E. Hill, p. 82-
88.
Chaytor, H. J. The troubadours. [230]
[211]
Hueffer, F. The troubadours.
Le morte d'Arthur Texts:
Malory,
[312]
Pyle, Howard. Histories relating to the life and to the kingship of
Arthur, King of England, 4v.
Sir T. Le morte d' Arthur.
Morte d'Arthur; ed. by Sir E. Strachey. The boy's King Arthur ; ed. by S. Lanier.
[281]
[102]
[310]
[291]
[291]
[105] [106]
[91] [92]
[110]
Comments:
Ker, W. P. Epic and romance, p. 205-314.
[Ill]
[311]
[113]
TEXTS AND STUDIES ARRANGED BY PERIODS 61
Comments:
Bulfinch, T. The age of chivalry.
Church, A. J. Heroes of chivalry, p. 63-211. [26]
7
DANTE ALIGHIERI
He who, heartsick, poor and in exile, yet wrote "the universal poem," "The poem of repentance, the diary of
Texts:
redemption through love. "
The divine comedy; tr. by Henry Johnson. [33] The divine comedy ; tr. by C. E Norton. [34]
The divine comedy; tr. by H. W. Longfellow. [35]
Comments:
Auslander, J. The winged horse, by J. Auslander and F. E. Hill, p. 89-
[211]
[262] [271]
[15]
105.
Butler, A. J. Dante. [225]
[211]
Church, R. W. Dante.
Dinsmore, C. A. Life of Dante.
Federn, K. Dante and his time.
Flamini, F. Introd. to the study of the Divine comedy. Gardner, E. G. Dante.
Grandgent, C. H. Dante.
[232]
[247]
[258]
The ladies of Dante's lyrics.
Ker, W. P. Collected essays, v. 1, p. 305-320.
Lowell, J. R. Literary essays, v. 4, p. 118-264.
Sedgwick, H. D. Dante.
Warren, Sir T. H. Essays of poets and poetry, p. 134-171; 217-269.
[360]
8
PETRARCH
He who loved "the lady with the hair of knitted gold. "
Texts:
Sonnets, triumphs and other poems; tr. by various hands.
Comments:
Auslander, J. The winged horse, by J. Auslander and F. E. Hill, p. 106-
123.
Everett, W. Italian poets since Dante. Horridge, F. Lives of great Italians. Jerrold, M. F. Francesco Petrarca.
[344]
[272]
[153] [279]
[287]
[290] [301]
[260]
[96]
62 POETRY AND POETS
9
GEOFFREY CHAUCER
He who, as he dreamed, "raised poetry under English
Texts:
fogs and among English marshes. "
The Canterbury tales ; tr. into modern English verse by F. E. Hill.
[23]
Chaucer; ed. by H. N. McCracken.
Modern reader's Chaucer; put into modern English by J. S. P. Tatlock
[21]
Selections from Chaucer; ed. by W. A. Neilson and H. R. Patch.
Student's Chaucer ; ed. by W. W. Skeat.
Comments:
and Percy Mackaye.
[22]
Auslander, J. The winged horse, by J. Auslander and F. E. Hill, p. 127-
136.
Hadow, G. Chaucer and his times.
Kittredge, G. L. Chaucer and his poetry.
Legouis, E. Geoffrey Chaucer.
Lowell, J. R. Literary essays, v. 3, p. 291-366. [301] Mackail, J. W. Springs of Helicon, p. 1-69. [306] Newbolt, Sir H. New study of English poetry, p. 119-159. Palmer, G. H. Formative types in English poetry, p. 33-59. Quiller-Couch, Sir A. Studies in literature, v. 2, p. 207-248.
10
THE BALLAD-MAKERS
[211]
[24]
[276]
[293]
[20]
Lang, A. Collection of ballads.
Quiller-Couch, Sir A. Oxford book of ballads.
[211]
[296]
Unnamed, unknown, the people's poets through long, barren, war-swept years.
Texts:
Child, F. J.
English and Scottish popular ballads. [146]
Gayley, C. M. Poetry of the people, by C. M. Gayley and M. C.
Flaherty.
Johnson, R. B. Book of British ballads.
[154]
[155] [156]
[166]
Comments:
Auslander, J. The winged horse, by J. Auslander and F. E. Hill, p. 139-
146.
Dixon, W. M. English epic and heroic poetry. [184] Gummere, F. B. The popular ballad. [274]
Ker, W. P. Form and style in poetry, p. 3-44. [205] Newbolt, Sir H. New study of English poetry, p. 215-239. Pound, L. Poetic origins and the ballad. [331] Quiller-Couch, Sir A. Studies in literature, v. 1, p. 23-50.
[324] [328]
[334]
[324] [334]
TEXTS AND STUDIES ARRANGED BY PERIODS 63
11
ELIZABETHAN POETRY
"The spacious times of great Elizabeth. "
Edmund Spenser
Texts:
Complete works; ed. by W. P. Trent.
Comments:
Auslander, J. The winged horse, by J. Auslander and F. E. Hill, p. 147-
163.
Glover, T. R. Poets and puritans, p. 1-33.
Lowell, J. R. Literary essays, v. 4, p. 265-353. [301] Mackail, J. W. Springs of Helicon, p. 73-133. [306] Palmer, G. H. Formative types in English poetry, p. 63-95.
John Donne
Texts:
Poems; ed. by H. J. C. Grierson. [40]
Comments:
Robert Herrick Texts:
[211]
Poems.
Lyrical Poetry
Texts:
Ault, N. Elizabethan lyrics.
Squire, J. C. Songs from the Elizabethans.
Comments:
[52]
[141]
Auslander, J. The winged horse, by J. Auslander and F. E. Hill, p. 147-
163.
Erskine, J. The Elizabethan lyric. [254]
12
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
"The greatest that has ever made words into poetry. "
Texts:
The Oxford Shakespeare; ed. by W. J. Craig. [117]
Works.
[211]
[118]
[121]
[268]
[171]
[328]
Dowden, E. New studies in literature, p. 90-120. Quiller-Couch, Sir A. Studies in literature, v. 1, p. 96-113.
[248]
[334]
64 POETRY AND POETS
Comments:
Adams, J. G. Life of Shakespeare. [207]
Alden, R. M. Shakespeare.
Auslander, J. The winged horse, by J. Auslander and F. E. Hill, p. 164-
189.
Bailey, J. Shakespeare. [213]
Bradley, A. C. Oxford lectures on poetry, p. 247-393.
[211]
[209]
Shakespearian tragedy.
Bridges, H. J. Our fellow Shakespeare. [221]
Campbell, L. Tragic drama in Sophocles, Aeschylus and Shakespeare.
[226]
Cowling, G. H. Preface to Shakespeare.
Dowden, E. Shakespeare.
Kellett, E. E. Suggestions, p. 1-108.
Lowell, J. R. Literary essays, v. 3, p. 1-94. [301]
Mackail, J. W. Studies of English poets, p. 1-28.
Masefield, J. William Shakespeare. [313]
Murry, J. M. Keats and Shakespeare. [321]
Quiller-Couch, Sir A. Notes on Shakespeare's workmanship. . [332] Raleigh, Sir W. Shakespeare.
13
JOHN MILTON
The great Puritan and the great Poet.
Texts:
Poetical works; introd. by David Masson.
Comments:
Arnold, M. Essays in criticism, v. 2, p. 56-68.
Auslander, J. The winged horse, by J. Auslander and F. E. Hill, p. 190-
204.
Bailey, J. Milton. [212]
Glover, T. R. Poets and puritans, p. 34-73.
Lowell, J. R. Literary essays, v. 4, p. 58-117. [301] Mackail, J. W. Springs of Helicon, p. 137-204. [306] Newbolt, Sir H. New study of English poetry, p. 224-250. Quiller-Couch, Sir A. Studies in literature, v. 2, p. 88-167. Raleigh, Sir W. Milton.
14
JOHN DRYDEN AND ALEXANDER POPE "A new kind of poetry polished and sensible. "
John Dryden
Texts:
Poetical works. (Globe ed. ) [42]
[211]
[335]
[220]
[249]
[288]
[239]
[84]
[268]
[210]
[307]
[219]
[336]
[324] [334]
TEXTS AND STUDIES ARRANGED BY PERIODS 65 Comments:
Ker, W. P. Collected essays, v. 1, p. 10-71.
Lowell, J. R. Literary essays, v. 3, p. 95-191. [301] Van Doren, M. The poetry of John Dryden. [358]
Alexander Pope
Texts:
Poetical works; ed.
Ker, W. P. Epic and romance, p. 182-202.
The Nibelungenlied
Texts:
[211]
The lay of the Nibelung men; tr. by A. S. Way.
The Nibelungenlied; tr. by D. B. Shumway.
The Nibelungenlied; tr. by G. H. Needier. [93] The story of Sigurd the Volsung, by William Morris.
The Sagas
[94]
Texts:
The story of the Volsungs and Niblungs ; tr. by E. Magnusson and Wil
liam Morris.
Saga of Grettir the Strong; tr. by G. A. Wright.
The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald the Tyrant. [112] Stories and ballads of the far past; tr. by N. Kershaw.
Song of Roland
Texts:
Song of Roland; tr. by Leonard Bacon. Song of Roland ; tr. by Jessie Crosland.
Troubadours
Texts:
Troubadour poets; tr. by Barbara Smythe.
[130]
Comments:
Auslander, J. The winged horse, by J. Auslander and F. E. Hill, p. 82-
88.
Chaytor, H. J. The troubadours. [230]
[211]
Hueffer, F. The troubadours.
Le morte d'Arthur Texts:
Malory,
[312]
Pyle, Howard. Histories relating to the life and to the kingship of
Arthur, King of England, 4v.
Sir T. Le morte d' Arthur.
Morte d'Arthur; ed. by Sir E. Strachey. The boy's King Arthur ; ed. by S. Lanier.
[281]
[102]
[310]
[291]
[291]
[105] [106]
[91] [92]
[110]
Comments:
Ker, W. P. Epic and romance, p. 205-314.
[Ill]
[311]
[113]
TEXTS AND STUDIES ARRANGED BY PERIODS 61
Comments:
Bulfinch, T. The age of chivalry.
Church, A. J. Heroes of chivalry, p. 63-211. [26]
7
DANTE ALIGHIERI
He who, heartsick, poor and in exile, yet wrote "the universal poem," "The poem of repentance, the diary of
Texts:
redemption through love. "
The divine comedy; tr. by Henry Johnson. [33] The divine comedy ; tr. by C. E Norton. [34]
The divine comedy; tr. by H. W. Longfellow. [35]
Comments:
Auslander, J. The winged horse, by J. Auslander and F. E. Hill, p. 89-
[211]
[262] [271]
[15]
105.
Butler, A. J. Dante. [225]
[211]
Church, R. W. Dante.
Dinsmore, C. A. Life of Dante.
Federn, K. Dante and his time.
Flamini, F. Introd. to the study of the Divine comedy. Gardner, E. G. Dante.
Grandgent, C. H. Dante.
[232]
[247]
[258]
The ladies of Dante's lyrics.
Ker, W. P. Collected essays, v. 1, p. 305-320.
Lowell, J. R. Literary essays, v. 4, p. 118-264.
Sedgwick, H. D. Dante.
Warren, Sir T. H. Essays of poets and poetry, p. 134-171; 217-269.
[360]
8
PETRARCH
He who loved "the lady with the hair of knitted gold. "
Texts:
Sonnets, triumphs and other poems; tr. by various hands.
Comments:
Auslander, J. The winged horse, by J. Auslander and F. E. Hill, p. 106-
123.
Everett, W. Italian poets since Dante. Horridge, F. Lives of great Italians. Jerrold, M. F. Francesco Petrarca.
[344]
[272]
[153] [279]
[287]
[290] [301]
[260]
[96]
62 POETRY AND POETS
9
GEOFFREY CHAUCER
He who, as he dreamed, "raised poetry under English
Texts:
fogs and among English marshes. "
The Canterbury tales ; tr. into modern English verse by F. E. Hill.
[23]
Chaucer; ed. by H. N. McCracken.
Modern reader's Chaucer; put into modern English by J. S. P. Tatlock
[21]
Selections from Chaucer; ed. by W. A. Neilson and H. R. Patch.
Student's Chaucer ; ed. by W. W. Skeat.
Comments:
and Percy Mackaye.
[22]
Auslander, J. The winged horse, by J. Auslander and F. E. Hill, p. 127-
136.
Hadow, G. Chaucer and his times.
Kittredge, G. L. Chaucer and his poetry.
Legouis, E. Geoffrey Chaucer.
Lowell, J. R. Literary essays, v. 3, p. 291-366. [301] Mackail, J. W. Springs of Helicon, p. 1-69. [306] Newbolt, Sir H. New study of English poetry, p. 119-159. Palmer, G. H. Formative types in English poetry, p. 33-59. Quiller-Couch, Sir A. Studies in literature, v. 2, p. 207-248.
10
THE BALLAD-MAKERS
[211]
[24]
[276]
[293]
[20]
Lang, A. Collection of ballads.
Quiller-Couch, Sir A. Oxford book of ballads.
[211]
[296]
Unnamed, unknown, the people's poets through long, barren, war-swept years.
Texts:
Child, F. J.
English and Scottish popular ballads. [146]
Gayley, C. M. Poetry of the people, by C. M. Gayley and M. C.
Flaherty.
Johnson, R. B. Book of British ballads.
[154]
[155] [156]
[166]
Comments:
Auslander, J. The winged horse, by J. Auslander and F. E. Hill, p. 139-
146.
Dixon, W. M. English epic and heroic poetry. [184] Gummere, F. B. The popular ballad. [274]
Ker, W. P. Form and style in poetry, p. 3-44. [205] Newbolt, Sir H. New study of English poetry, p. 215-239. Pound, L. Poetic origins and the ballad. [331] Quiller-Couch, Sir A. Studies in literature, v. 1, p. 23-50.
[324] [328]
[334]
[324] [334]
TEXTS AND STUDIES ARRANGED BY PERIODS 63
11
ELIZABETHAN POETRY
"The spacious times of great Elizabeth. "
Edmund Spenser
Texts:
Complete works; ed. by W. P. Trent.
Comments:
Auslander, J. The winged horse, by J. Auslander and F. E. Hill, p. 147-
163.
Glover, T. R. Poets and puritans, p. 1-33.
Lowell, J. R. Literary essays, v. 4, p. 265-353. [301] Mackail, J. W. Springs of Helicon, p. 73-133. [306] Palmer, G. H. Formative types in English poetry, p. 63-95.
John Donne
Texts:
Poems; ed. by H. J. C. Grierson. [40]
Comments:
Robert Herrick Texts:
[211]
Poems.
Lyrical Poetry
Texts:
Ault, N. Elizabethan lyrics.
Squire, J. C. Songs from the Elizabethans.
Comments:
[52]
[141]
Auslander, J. The winged horse, by J. Auslander and F. E. Hill, p. 147-
163.
Erskine, J. The Elizabethan lyric. [254]
12
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
"The greatest that has ever made words into poetry. "
Texts:
The Oxford Shakespeare; ed. by W. J. Craig. [117]
Works.
[211]
[118]
[121]
[268]
[171]
[328]
Dowden, E. New studies in literature, p. 90-120. Quiller-Couch, Sir A. Studies in literature, v. 1, p. 96-113.
[248]
[334]
64 POETRY AND POETS
Comments:
Adams, J. G. Life of Shakespeare. [207]
Alden, R. M. Shakespeare.
Auslander, J. The winged horse, by J. Auslander and F. E. Hill, p. 164-
189.
Bailey, J. Shakespeare. [213]
Bradley, A. C. Oxford lectures on poetry, p. 247-393.
[211]
[209]
Shakespearian tragedy.
Bridges, H. J. Our fellow Shakespeare. [221]
Campbell, L. Tragic drama in Sophocles, Aeschylus and Shakespeare.
[226]
Cowling, G. H. Preface to Shakespeare.
Dowden, E. Shakespeare.
Kellett, E. E. Suggestions, p. 1-108.
Lowell, J. R. Literary essays, v. 3, p. 1-94. [301]
Mackail, J. W. Studies of English poets, p. 1-28.
Masefield, J. William Shakespeare. [313]
Murry, J. M. Keats and Shakespeare. [321]
Quiller-Couch, Sir A. Notes on Shakespeare's workmanship. . [332] Raleigh, Sir W. Shakespeare.
13
JOHN MILTON
The great Puritan and the great Poet.
Texts:
Poetical works; introd. by David Masson.
Comments:
Arnold, M. Essays in criticism, v. 2, p. 56-68.
Auslander, J. The winged horse, by J. Auslander and F. E. Hill, p. 190-
204.
Bailey, J. Milton. [212]
Glover, T. R. Poets and puritans, p. 34-73.
Lowell, J. R. Literary essays, v. 4, p. 58-117. [301] Mackail, J. W. Springs of Helicon, p. 137-204. [306] Newbolt, Sir H. New study of English poetry, p. 224-250. Quiller-Couch, Sir A. Studies in literature, v. 2, p. 88-167. Raleigh, Sir W. Milton.
14
JOHN DRYDEN AND ALEXANDER POPE "A new kind of poetry polished and sensible. "
John Dryden
Texts:
Poetical works. (Globe ed. ) [42]
[211]
[335]
[220]
[249]
[288]
[239]
[84]
[268]
[210]
[307]
[219]
[336]
[324] [334]
TEXTS AND STUDIES ARRANGED BY PERIODS 65 Comments:
Ker, W. P. Collected essays, v. 1, p. 10-71.
Lowell, J. R. Literary essays, v. 3, p. 95-191. [301] Van Doren, M. The poetry of John Dryden. [358]
Alexander Pope
Texts:
Poetical works; ed.
