The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century

Name: The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century
Author: Phelps, William Lyon

Phelps, William Lyon

American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism; English poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism

Neihardt, J. G.
Nichols, R.
Nicholson, M., poems;
  remark on college stories.
Noyes, A., homage to;
  poems;
  education;
  singing power;
  _Tramp Transfigured_;
  his masterpiece;
  child imagination;
  sea poetry;
  _Drake_;
  _May-Tree_;
  new effects;
  war poems;
  optimism.

O'Conor, N. J., poems;
  remark on Seeger.
O'Sullivan, S.

Peabody, J. P.
Percy, W. A.
Phillips, S.;
  sudden fame;
  education;
  _Marpessa_;
  realism;
  _Gladstone_;
  protest against Masefleld.
Pierce, F. E.

Quarles, F., quoted.
Quiller-Couch, A., remark on
  the _Daffodil Fields_.

Rand, K.
Reedy, W. M., relation to Masters.
Rice, C. Y.
Riley, J. W., remark on Henley;
  "Riley Day";
  remark on Anna Branch;
  a conservative.
Rittenhouse, J. B.
Robinson, C. R.
Robinson, E. A.
Robinson, F. N., remark on Seeger.
Rogers, R. C.

Sandburg, C.
Santayana, G.
Sassoon, S.
Scott, W., compared to Conrad;
  sales of his poems.
Seeger, A.;
  Low's dedication;
  source of his poem.
Service, R. W., likeness to Kipling.
Shakespeare, W., compared to Wordsworth;
  compared to Masefleld;
  portraits by De La Mare;
  poem on by Masters.
Shaw, G. B., _Major Barbara_.
Spingarn, J., creative criticism.
Squire, J. C., introduction to
  Flecker
Stephens, J.,
  novels;
  discovered by A. E.;
  realism;
  child-poetry;
  power of cursing.
Stevenson, R. L.,
  remark on Whitman.
Stork, C. W.
Swinburne, A. C.,
  critical violence,
  Lindsay's likeness to;
  Lindsay's use of.
Synge, J. M.,
  advice from Yeats;
  works;
  versatility;
  bitterness;
  theory of poetry;
  autobiographical poems;
  thoughts on death;
  influence on Stephens.

Teasdale, S.
Tennyson, A.,
  continued popularity of;
  his invocation;
  compared to Hardy;
  early poems on death;
  compared to Masefield,;
  his memoirs;
  his reserve;
  quality of his poetry.
Thomas, E.
Thomas, E. M.
Thompson, F.,
  compared to Henley;
  religious passion;
 _In No Strange Land_;
 _Lilium Regis_;
  Noyes's ode to;
  Flecker's poem on.
Trench, H.

Underwood, J. C.
Untermeyer, L.
Updegraff, A.

Van Dyke, H.
Vaughan, H., quoted.
Vielé, H. K.

Wallis, J. H.
Watson, W.
  poor start;
  address in America;
  _King Alfred_;
  _Wordsworth's Grave_;
  epigrams;
  _How Weary is Our Heart_;
  hymn of hate;
  war poems,
  _Yellow Pansy_;
  Byronic wit;
  _Eloping Angels_;
  dislike of new poetry.
Weaving, W.
Wells, H. G.
  religious position.
Whitman, W.
  natural style;
  _Man of War Bird_;
  early conventionality;
  Stevenson's remark on;
  growth of reputation;
  Sandburg's relation.
Whitney, H. H.
Whitsett, W. T.
Widdemer, M.
Wilcox, E. W.
Willcocks, M. P.
  remark on will.
Woodberry, G. E.
Wordsworth, W.
  compared to Shakespeare;
  Watson's poem on;
  Masefield's relations to.

Yeats, W. B.
  education;
  devotion to art;
  his names;
  love poetry;
  dramas;
  prose;
  mysticism;
  relation to Lindsay.

Younghusband, G.
  remark on Kipling

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The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century

Phelps, William Lyon

American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism; English poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism

Neihardt, J. G.
Nichols, R.
Nicholson, M., poems;
  remark on college stories.
Noyes, A., homage to;
  poems;
  education;
  singing power;
  _Tramp Transfigured_;
  his masterpiece;
  child imagination;
  sea poetry;
  _Drake_;
  _May-Tree_;
  new effects;
  war poems;
  optimism.

O'Conor, N. J., poems;
  remark on Seeger.
O'Sullivan, S.

Peabody, J. P.
Percy, W. A.
Phillips, S.;
  sudden fame;
  education;
  _Marpessa_;
  realism;
  _Gladstone_;
  protest against Masefleld.
Pierce, F. E.

Quarles, F., quoted.
Quiller-Couch, A., remark on
  the _Daffodil Fields_.

Rand, K.
Reedy, W. M., relation to Masters.
Rice, C. Y.
Riley, J. W., remark on Henley;
  "Riley Day";
  remark on Anna Branch;
  a conservative.
Rittenhouse, J. B.
Robinson, C. R.
Robinson, E. A.
Robinson, F. N., remark on Seeger.
Rogers, R. C.

Sandburg, C.
Santayana, G.
Sassoon, S.
Scott, W., compared to Conrad;
  sales of his poems.
Seeger, A.;
  Low's dedication;
  source of his poem.
Service, R. W., likeness to Kipling.
Shakespeare, W., compared to Wordsworth;
  compared to Masefleld;
  portraits by De La Mare;
  poem on by Masters.
Shaw, G. B., _Major Barbara_.
Spingarn, J., creative criticism.
Squire, J. C., introduction to
  Flecker
Stephens, J.,
  novels;
  discovered by A. E.;
  realism;
  child-poetry;
  power of cursing.
Stevenson, R. L.,
  remark on Whitman.
Stork, C. W.
Swinburne, A. C.,
  critical violence,
  Lindsay's likeness to;
  Lindsay's use of.
Synge, J. M.,
  advice from Yeats;
  works;
  versatility;
  bitterness;
  theory of poetry;
  autobiographical poems;
  thoughts on death;
  influence on Stephens.

Teasdale, S.
Tennyson, A.,
  continued popularity of;
  his invocation;
  compared to Hardy;
  early poems on death;
  compared to Masefield,;
  his memoirs;
  his reserve;
  quality of his poetry.
Thomas, E.
Thomas, E. M.
Thompson, F.,
  compared to Henley;
  religious passion;
 _In No Strange Land_;
 _Lilium Regis_;
  Noyes's ode to;
  Flecker's poem on.
Trench, H.

Underwood, J. C.
Untermeyer, L.
Updegraff, A.

Van Dyke, H.
Vaughan, H., quoted.
Vielé, H. K.

Wallis, J. H.
Watson, W.
  poor start;
  address in America;
  _King Alfred_;
  _Wordsworth's Grave_;
  epigrams;
  _How Weary is Our Heart_;
  hymn of hate;
  war poems,
  _Yellow Pansy_;
  Byronic wit;
  _Eloping Angels_;
  dislike of new poetry.
Weaving, W.
Wells, H. G.
  religious position.
Whitman, W.
  natural style;
  _Man of War Bird_;
  early conventionality;
  Stevenson's remark on;
  growth of reputation;
  Sandburg's relation.
Whitney, H. H.
Whitsett, W. T.
Widdemer, M.
Wilcox, E. W.
Willcocks, M. P.
  remark on will.
Woodberry, G. E.
Wordsworth, W.
  compared to Shakespeare;
  Watson's poem on;
  Masefield's relations to.

Yeats, W. B.
  education;
  devotion to art;
  his names;
  love poetry;
  dramas;
  prose;
  mysticism;
  relation to Lindsay.

Younghusband, G.
  remark on Kipling

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The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century

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