This is a class talk by Matthew Griffiths to his students on the topic of English court poets and Petrachism focusing on poets Wyatt, Sidney, and Spenser and their works. Topics include themes of courtly and platonic love, the role of...

This is a biography of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, a British poet whose works include The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, "Dejection: An Ode," Christabel and Kubla Khan, a Vision,

After the American Revolution, creativity began to flourish as writers and Romantic poets inspired the nation to re-invent itself. That public sensibility is briefly described in this article, which is a transcript of a radio broadcast.