English Poet\'s Thoughts and Contribution

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. The interval before the dawn. 3. Robert Burns. 4. Lord Byron. 5. Shelley. 6. John Keats. 7. Sir Walter Scott. 8. Coleridge. 9. Robert Southey. 10. Lord Tennyson general characteristics. 11. Tennyson\'s treatment of nature. 12. Tennyson\'s : love and woman. 13. Tennyson\'s view of life and society. 14. Tennyson and politics. 15. Idylls and the "Idylls of the King". 16. Tennyson as a religious poet. 17. Tennyson\'s "In memoriam". 18. Robert Browning. 19. Browning\'s philosophy of life. 20. The spirit of Browning\'s religion. 21. Browning\'s attitude to Christianity. 22. Browning\'s significance in literature. 23. Robert Browning--concluding survey.

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