TY - BOOK AU - Courthope, William John, TI - A history of English poetry U1 - 820.41 PY - 1895///-1910 CY - New York PB - Macmillan KW - English poetry KW - History and criticism N1 - I. The middle ages. Influence of the Roman empire. The encyclopaedic education of the church. The feudal system.-II. The renaissance and th e reformation. Influence of the court and the universities.-III. The in tellectual conflict of the seventeenth century. Decadent influence of t he feudal monarchy. Growth of the national genius.-IV Development and decline of the poetic drama. Influence of the court and the people.-V. The constitutional compromise of the eighteenth century. Effects of the classical renaissance, its zenith and decline. The early romantic rena issance.-VI. The romantic movement in English poetry. Effects of the Fr ench revolution ER -