Poetry and change : Donne, Milton, Wordsworth, and the equilibrium of the present / [by] Josephine Miles

Berkeley : University of California Press, 1974. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 243 p. 22 cm. Notes; Bibliography: p. [219]-243. Contents; 1. Patterns: The sense at the surface -- Style as Style -- Sequences of change -- 2. Particulars: Ifs, ands, and buts for the reader of Donne -- Words as themes in Milton's Lycidas -- Blake's frame of language -- Eighteenth-century prose revelation -- Victorian reality -- Robinson and the years ahead -- 3. Present values:Twentieth-century Donne -- Mid-century -- World values and the poetry of change. Subjects; Donne, John 1572-1631. Wordsworth, William 1770-1850. Milton, John 1608-1674. Milton, John 1608-1674 Studies. Wordsworth, William 1770-1850 Studies. Wordsworth, William 1770-1850 Criticism and interpretation. Donne, John 1572-1631 Studies. English poetry History and criticism. American poetry History and criticism.