I. An Apology for Poetry

JOHN DRYDEN—

II. Preface to the Fables

SAMUEL JOHNSON—

III. On the Metaphysical Poets

SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE—

IV. On Poetic Genius and Poetic Diction

WILLIAM HAZLITT—

V. On Poetry in General

CHARLES LAMB—

VI. On the Artificial Comedy of the Last Century VII. On Webster's Duchess of Malfi VIII. On Ford's Broken Heart

PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY—

IX. A Defence of Poetry

THOMAS CARLYLE—

X. Goethe

WALTER PATER—

XI. Sandro Botticelli