The English Lyric from Wyatt to Donne: A History of the Plain and Eloquent Styles

by Douglas L Peterson

The author rejects C.S. Lewis's theory of a "Drab" and a "Golden" school as unhistorical, and establishes the presence of an eloquent or courtly tradition and of a plain or contemplative tradition.

Originally published in 1967.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691650179
• ISBN13: 9780691650173
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"