An unrivalled collection of literary gossip and intimate sidelights on the lives of the authors.

No previous anthology has succeeded in illustrating so thoroughly the kinds of verse actually written in the eighteenth century.

Assemblage of lyrical works by such poets as Chaucer, Gower, Langland surveys poetic concerns and artistry from the twelfth to the fifteenth century.

Assemblage of lyrical works by such poets as Chaucer, Gower, Langland surveys poetic concerns and artistry from the twelfth to the fifteenth century.

Assemblage of lyrical works by such poets as Chaucer, Gower, Langland surveys poetic concerns and artistry from the twelfth to the fifteenth century.

Books like this are usually recommnded as ideal bedtime reading. This one, however, should on no account be allowed in the bedroom, or you will find youself awake in the cold, small hours, still turning the pages.