The Pleasure of Poetry Reading and Enjoying British Poetry from Donne to Burns

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Intro

Contents

Preface

A Note on Sources

1. Introduction to Reading Poetry

2. John Donne (1572-1631): Poet of Secular and Sacred Love

3. Ben Jonson (1572-1637): Elegist, Satirist, and Moralist

4. Robert Herrick (1591-1674): Poet of Time, Love, and Delight

5. George Herbert (1593-1633): Poet and Priest

6. John Milton (1608-1674): Poet of English Puritanism

7. Andrew Marvell (1621-1678): Pastoral Poet of Time and History

8. John Dryden (1631-1700): Poet of the Restoration

9. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745): Satirist, Preacher, and Lover 10. Alexander Pope (1688-1744): Satirist and Moralist

11. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784): Moralist and Satirist

12. Four Eighteenth-Century Poets: Finch, Gray, Goldsmith, and Cowper

13. Robert Burns (1759-1796): Singer, Satirist, and Storyteller

Epilogue

Further Reading

Index