Originally published in 1898, this book contains 32 of Thomas Gray's poems, including his famous 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard'. Copious notes at the b
A History of American Poetry presents a comprehensive exploration of the development of American poetic traditions from their pre-Columbian origins to the prese
Thomas Gray was born on 26 December 1716 in Cornhill in London. His father was a scrivener and his mother a milliner. He was the fifth of twelve children and th
The first study to offer an integral theory of love poetry, examining why it is that poetry, even more than other arts, is so consistently associated with roman