Herford, professor of English literature at Manchester, gathers five essays. The title piece examines how Shakespeare’s plays portray courtship and wedded love; the others study the poetry of Lucretius, the mountain scenery in Keats, the career of Gabriele D’Annunzio from provincial prodigy to Roman celebrity, and whether there is such a thing as a poetic view of the world.
Humane, lucid literary criticism for readers of Shakespeare and the poets. Download the free EPUB.