Excerpt from The English Poetic Mind The following essays are based on two convictions (i) that Troilus and Cressida is of a great deal more importance in a stu

Excerpt from The Flower of the Mind: A Choice Among the Best Poems Partial collections of English poems, decided by a common subject or bounded by narrow dates

‘The English Poetic Mind’ (1932) is Williams’ discussion of the source of the poetic impulse, creativity and drive behind three prominent English poets: S

Excerpt from A Household Book of English Poetry The first question which I asked myself, when I resumed a purpose long ago entertained, and then for a long whil

Excerpt from Waifs of the Mind One of these was the English poet, Matthew Prior, a man with a penchant for figures and skill in questions of commerce. Because o