The English Poet Laureate from 1913 to 1930, Robert Bridges produced verse noted for its restraint, purity, precision and delicacy, yet strength of expression. It represents a distinct theory of prosody and his devout faith underpinned much of his work. Although he published several long poems and poetic dramas, his reputation rests upon the lyrics collected in ‘Shorter Poems’, while ‘New Verse’ features experiments using a metre based on syllables rather than accents. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature’s finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents Bridges’ complete poetical works (except for one poem), with related illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Bridges’ life and works * Concise introduction to Bridges’ life and poetry * Images of how the poetry books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the poems * Rare late poems never digitised before * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry * Easily locate the poems you want to read * Includes the complete verse dramas * A selection of prose works, including Bridges’ seminal work on his friend Gerard Manley Hopkins * Ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please note: due to US copyright restrictions, ‘The Testament of Beauty’ cannot appear in this eBook until 2025, when it will be added as a free update. CONTENTS: The Life and Poetry of Robert Bridges Brief Introduction: Robert Bridges The Growth of Love (1876) Prometheus the Firegiver (1883) Eros and Psyche (1885) Shorter Poems (1890-1894) New Poems (1899) Demeter: A Mask (1905) Later Poems (1912) Poems in Classical Prosody (1912) October and Other Poems (1920) New Verse (1926) The Poems List of Poems in Chronological Order List of Poems in Alphabetical Order The Verse Dramas Nero (1885) The Feast of Bacchus (1889) Achilles in Scyros (1890) Palicio (1890) The Return of Ulysses (1890) The Christian Captives (1890) The Humours of the Court (1893) The Second Part of the History of Nero (1894) The Prose A Practical Discourse on Some Principles of Hymn-Singing (1899) Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins (1918) English Homophones (1919) On the Dialectal Words in Edmund Blunden’s Poems (1921) Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of poetry titles or buy the entire Delphi Poets Series as a Super Set
Robert Seymour Bridges (1844-1930) was a British poet, hymnist, and poet laureate from 1913 to 1930. This collection contains Bridges' poems and masks (plays in verse, but not dramas), including Prometheus the Firegiver, Demeter, Eros and Psyche, and The Growth of Love.
The English Poet Laureate from 1913 to 1930, Robert Bridges produced verse noted for its restraint, purity, precision and delicacy, yet strength of expression. It represents a distinct theory of prosody and his devout faith underpinned much of his work. His experimentation with eighteenth-century classical forms culminated in ‘The Testament of Beauty’, a long philosophical poem, generally regarded as his masterpiece. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature’s finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents Bridges’ complete poetical works, with related illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Bridges’ life and works * Concise introduction to Bridges’ life and poetry * Images of how the poetry books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the poems * Rare late poems never digitised before * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry * Easily locate the poems you want to read * Includes the complete verse dramas * A selection of prose works, including Bridges’ seminal work on his friend Gerard Manley Hopkins * Ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to see our wide range of poet titles CONTENTS: The Life and Poetry of Robert Bridges Brief Introduction: Robert Bridges The Growth of Love (1876) Prometheus the Firegiver (1883) Eros and Psyche (1885) Shorter Poems (1890-1894) New Poems (1899) Demeter: A Mask (1905) Later Poems (1912) Poems in Classical Prosody (1912) October and Other Poems (1920) New Verse (1926) The Testament of Beauty (1929) The Poems List of Poems in Chronological Order List of Poems in Alphabetical Order The Verse Dramas Nero (1885) The Feast of Bacchus (1889) Achilles in Scyros (1890) Palicio (1890) The Return of Ulysses (1890) The Christian Captives (1890) The Humours of the Court (1893) The Second Part of the History of Nero (1894) The Prose A Practical Discourse on Some Principles of Hymn-Singing (1899) Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins (1918) English Homophones (1919) On the Dialectal Words in Edmund Blunden’s Poems (1921) Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of poetry titles or buy the entire Delphi Poets Series as a Super Set
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