English Poetry: A Short History.
- Author / Editor
- Hopkins, Kenneth.
English Poetry: A Short History.
- Published
- London: Phoenix House, 1962; Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1963.
- Physical Description
- 568 pp.
- Description
- Praises Chaucer (pp. 17-31) as the first poet in English to be "read for pleasure" because he "invented in English the pleasant habit of writing for the sake of writing." Commends Chaucer's innovative uses of French and Italian models and the "wealth of observed character" to be found in CT. Includes a summary of Chaucer's life and his "natural genius."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism
Chaucer's Life
Canterbury Tales--General