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101 resources for “English poetry -- History and criticism”

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Shakspeare and His Times [Vol. 1 of 2] Including the Biography of the Poet; criticisms on his genius and writings; a new chronology of his plays; a disquisition on the on the object of his sonnets; and a history of the manners, customs, and amusements, superstitions, poetry, and elegant literature of his age

Drake, Nathan, 1766-1836

Shakspeare and His Times [Vol. 1 of 2] Including the Biography of the Poet; criticisms on his genius and writings; a new chronology of his plays; a disquis...

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616Dramatists, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- BiographyEnglish literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
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Shakspeare and His Times [Vol. 2 of 2] Including the Biography of the Poet; criticisms on his genius and writings; a new chronology of his plays; a disquisition on the on the object of his sonnets; and a history of the manners, customs, and amusements, superstitions, poetry, and elegant literature of his age

Drake, Nathan, 1766-1836

Shakspeare and His Times [Vol. 2 of 2] Including the Biography of the Poet; criticisms on his genius and writings; a new chronology of his plays; a disquis...

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616Dramatists, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- BiographyEnglish literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
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Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, Volume 1 (of 3) Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs and Other Pieces of Our Earlier Poets Together With Some Few of Later Date

Percy, Thomas, 1729-1811 [Editor]; Wheatley, Henry B. (Henry Benjamin), 1838-1917 [Editor]

Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, Volume 1 (of 3) Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs and Other Pieces of Our Earlier Poets Together With Some Few of...

English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700Ballads, English -- TextsRomances, English -- History and criticism
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Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, Volume 2 (of 3) Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs and Other Pieces of Our Earlier Poets Together With Some Few of Later Date

Percy, Thomas, 1729-1811 [Editor]; Wheatley, Henry B. (Henry Benjamin), 1838-1917 [Editor]

Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, Volume 2 (of 3) Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs and Other Pieces of Our Earlier Poets Together With Some Few of...

English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700Ballads, English -- TextsRomances, English -- History and criticism
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Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, Volume 3 (of 3) Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs and Other Pieces of Our Earlier Poets Together With Some Few of Later Date

Percy, Thomas, 1729-1811 [Editor]; Wheatley, Henry B. (Henry Benjamin), 1838-1917 [Editor]

Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, Volume 3 (of 3) Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs and Other Pieces of Our Earlier Poets Together With Some Few of...

English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700Ballads, English -- TextsRomances, English -- History and criticism
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The Works of Garcilasso de la Vega, Surnamed the Prince of Castilian Poets, Translated into English Verse With a Critical and Historical Essay on Spanish Poetry and a Life of the Author

Vega, Garcilaso de la, 1503-1536; Wiffen, Jeremiah Holmes, 1792-1836 [Translator]

The Works of Garcilasso de la Vega, Surnamed the Prince of Castilian Poets, Translated into English Verse With a Critical and Historical Essay on Spanish P...

Spanish poetry -- History and criticismSpanish poetry -- 16th century -- Translations into English
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Antimachus of Colophon and the Position of Women in Greek Poetry A fragment printed for the use of scholars

Benecke, E. F. M. (Edward Felix Mendelssohn), 1870-1895

Antimachus of Colophon and the Position of Women in Greek Poetry A fragment printed for the use of scholars — English source edition. Subject: Women in lit...

Women in literatureGreek poetry -- History and criticismWomen and literature -- Greece
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Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations With a Sketch of Their Popular Poetry

Talvj, 1797-1870; Robinson, Edward, 1794-1863 [Author of introduction, etc.]

Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations With a Sketch of Their Popular Poetry — English source edition. Subject: Slavic liter...

Slavic literature -- History and criticismSlavic languages -- HistoryFolk songs, Slavic
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Lives of the English Poets : Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope

Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784

Lives of the English Poets : Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope — English source edition. Subject: English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and c...

English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticismEnglish poetry -- 18th century -- History and criticismPoets, English -- Biography -- Early works to 1800
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Lives of the English Poets : Waller, Milton, Cowley

Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784

Lives of the English Poets : Waller, Milton, Cowley — English source edition. Subject: English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.

English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticismEnglish poetry -- 18th century -- History and criticismPoets, English -- Biography -- Early works to 1800
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Lives of the English Poets Gay, Thomson, Young, Gray, &c.

Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784

Lives of the English Poets Gay, Thomson, Young, Gray, &c. — English source edition. Subject: English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criti...

English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticismEnglish poetry -- 18th century -- History and criticismPoets, English -- Biography -- Early works to 1800
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