Six Great Poets: Chaucer, Pope, Wordsworth, Shelley, Tennyson, the Brownings.
- Author / Editor
- De Selincourt, Aubrey.
Six Great Poets: Chaucer, Pope, Wordsworth, Shelley, Tennyson, the Brownings.
- Published
- London: Hamish Hamilton, 1956.
- Physical Description
- 247 pp.; b&w illus.
- Description
- The opening chapter offers subjective, impressionistic appreciation of Chaucer’s life, language, poetry, and links among them, proclaiming Chaucer to be "one of the most English of our poets" in his "tolerance, sweetness, and the lambent flame of an all-pervading irony," and one who "stood alone" in his own age for his realism, comedy, and acceptance of humanity, foibles and all. Includes summary descriptions of TC and CT, with emphasis on characterization and thematic generosity. Includes a b&w reproduction of the National Portrait Gallery image.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism
Style and Versification
Chaucer's Life
Trolius and Criseyde
Canterbury Tales--General