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Lives of the English sacred poets / by Robert Aris Willmott.

Title
Lives of the English sacred poets / by Robert Aris Willmott.
Author
Willmott, Robert Aris, 1809-1863.
Publication
London : J.W. Parker, 1839.

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Additional Authors
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain). General Literature Committee.
Description
2 v. : ports.; 18 cm.
Alternative Title
Lives of sacred poets.
Subject
  • Poets, English
  • Religious poetry, English > History and criticism
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Note
  • Volumes published separately, 1834-38 as Lives of sacred poets, first and second series.
  • Published under the direction of the Committee of General Literature and Education, appointed by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
V. 1. Introduction: Visions of Pierce Plowman ; Chaucer ; Gower ; Hawes ; Sternhold and Hopkins ; Sackville ; Spenser ; Southwell ; Barnes ; Sonstable ; Davison ; Bryan ; Sylvester ; Raleigh ; Sir John Davies ; Goerge Sandys ; Giles Fletcher ; Phineas Fletcher ; George Wither ; Herrick ; Heywood ; Francis Quarles ; John Quarles ; George Herbert ; Habington ; Vaughan ; Richard Grashaw ; More ; Beaumont ; Flatman -- v. 2. John Milton ; Thomas Ken ; Isaac Watts ; Edward Young ; Robert Blair ; Blackmore, Parnell, Addison, and Gray ; Christopher Smart ; William Cowper ; James Hurdis ; William Hayward Roberts ; James Grahame ; Reginald Heber
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library