Lyrical Poetry From Blake to Hardy

"Lyrical Poetry From Blake to Hardy" offers a masterful survey of the evolution of the English lyric during one of its most fertile periods. Written by the esteemed scholar Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson, this critical study traces the development of poetic expression from the visionary and revolutionary works of William Blake to the profound, transitional verse of Thomas Hardy. Grierson identifies the shifting thematic and stylistic currents that defined the nineteenth century, examini...