The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century

by William Lyon Phelps

INDEX

[Only important references are given; the mere mention of names is omitted.]

Abercrombie, D., Adams, F. P., "A. E." (G. W. Russell), personality, a sincere mystic, assurance, discovery of Stephens, influence on Susan Mitchell, Aiken, C., Andrews, C. E., From the Front, Arnold, M., poem on Wordsworth compared to Watson's, Arvine, W. B., Aumonier, S., quotation from, Austin, A.,

Bacon, L.,
Barker, G., production of Dynasts,
remark on Shaw,
Beers, H, A.,
Benét, S. V.,
Benét, W. R.,
Bishop, J. P.,
Blackwell, B. H., a publisher,
Bradley, W. A.,
Braithwaite, W. S., his anthology,
Branch, A. H., a leader,
poems,
education,
passion,
contrasted with Masters,
Bridges, R., poet-laureate,
his verse,
Brooke, R., canonized,
Gibson on,
poems,
letters,
Howland prize,
compared to De La Mare,
The Soldier,
Browne, T., compared to Yeats,
Browning, R., concentration,
Pauline,
on spiritual blessings,
lack of experience,
self-consciousness,
Christmas Eve,
natural poetry,
metre of One Word More,
The Glove,
Ogniben's remark,
compared to Brooke,
temperament,
contrasted with Yeats,
Masters compared to,
Confessions,
Burns, R., influence on democracy,
Burton, R.,
Bynner, W.,
Byron, Lord, sales of his poems,
wit compared to Watson's,
common sense,

Calderon, G., remark on Chekhov, Campbell, J., Carlin, F., Carlyle, T., remark on Cromwell, Chaucer, G., effect on Masefield, Chekhov, A., centrifugal force, Clapp, F. M., Cleghorn, S. N., Coleridge, S. T., remark on poetry, Colton, A., Colum, P., Conrad, J., compared to Scott, Cooke, E. V., Corbin, A., Crane, S., Red Badge of Courage, Crashaw, R., his editor,

Davidson, J.,
test of poetry,
Davies, M. C.,
Davies, W. H.,
Davis, F. S.,
De La Mare, W.,
homage to,
poems,
compared to Hawthorne,
retirement,
Listeners,
Shakespeare portraits,
Old Susan,
Peacock Pie,
Dodd, L. W.,
Donne, J.,
reputation,
stimulant,

Drake, F.,
German statue to,
poem by Noyes,
Drinkwater, J.,

Egan, M. F.,
Eliot, T. S.,
Emerson, R. W.,
prophecy on poetry,
Erskine, J.,

Flecker, J. E.,
posthumous editor of,
translations,
aims,
Oak and Olive,
religion,
Jerusalem,
Fletcher, J. G.,
Foulke, W. D.,
Frost, R.,
dedication by Thomas,
poems,
theories,
outdoor poet,
realism,
tragedy,
pleasure of recognition,

Garrison, T.,
Gibson, W. W.,
homage to,
poems,
Stonefolds,
Daily Bread,
Fires,
Thoroughfares,
war poems,
Livelihood,
latest work,
his contribution,
Gladstone, W. E.,
eulogy by Phillips,
Glaenzer, R. B.,
Goethe, J. W.,
Flecker's translation of,
poise,
Grainger, P.,
great artist,
audacities,
Graves, R.,
Gray, T.,
on laureateship,
compared to Hodgson,
compared to Masters,
Griffis, E.,
Griffiths, W.,

Hagedorn, H.,
Hardy, T.,
a forerunner,
Dynasts,
idea of God,
pessimism,
thought and music,
Moments of Vision,
Housman's likeness to,
Hawthorne, N., compared to De La Mare.
Henley, W. E.;
compared to Thompson;
paganism;
lyrical power.
Hodgson, R.;
a recluse;
love of animals;
humour;
compared to Alice Corbin.
Hooker, B.
Housman, A. E.;
modernity;
scholarship;
likeness to Hardy;
paganism and pessimism;
lyrical power.
Hughes, R.
Hyde, D., influence.

Ibsen, H., student of the Bible.

Jacobus, D.
James, H., tribute to Brooke.
Johnson, R. U.

Keats, J., Phillips compared to;
influence on Amy Lowell;
Endymion;
Amy Lowell's sonnet on.
Kilmer, J.
Kipling, R.;
imperial laureate;
Recessional;
popularity;
influence on soldiers;
Watson's allusion to;
Danny Deever.

Landor, W. S., his violence.
Lawrence, D. H.
Ledwidge, F.
Leonard, W. E.
Lewis, C. M.
Lindsay, N. V.;
Harriet Monroe's magazine;
Booth;
development;
drawings;
"games";
Congo,
Niagara;
prose;
chants;
geniality;
Esther.
Locke, W. J., his dreams.
Low, B. R. C.
Lowell, A. L., love of liberty.
Lowell, Amy, essay on Frost;
poems;
training;
free verse;
imagism;
Sword Blades;
narrative skill;
polyphonic prose;
versatility;
remark on Seeger.
Lowell, P., influence on Amy.

MacDonagh, T.
Mackaye, P.;
stipend for poets;
poems.
MacLeish, A.
Macterlinck, M., compared to Yeats;
rhythmical prose.
Markham, E.
Marquis, D.
Masefield, J., homage to;
poems;
the modern Chaucer;
education;
Dauber;
critical power;
relation to Wordsworth;
Everlasting Mercy;
Widow in the Bye Street;
Daffodil Fields;
compared to Tennyson;
August, 1914;
lyrics;
sonnets;
Rosas;
novels;
general contribution;
Drinkwater's dedication;
Aiken's relation to.
Masters, E. L.;
education;
Spoon River;
irony;
love of truth;
analysis;
cynicism;
idealism.
Meredith, G., his poems.
Middleton, S.
Milton, J., his invocation;
Piedmont sonnet.
Mitchell, S.
Monroe, H., her magazine;
her anthology;
poems.
Moody, W. V.
Morley, J., remarks on Irishmen
and Wordsworth.
Munger, R.

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