The Background of Gray'S Elegy : A Study in the Taste for Melancholy Poetry 1700-1751

Studies the taste for melancholy poetry from 1700-1750. Explores the definition of melancholy during the time period and its interpretation. PREFACE CONTENTS CHAPTER I. THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY DEFINITION OF MELANCHOLY CHAPTER II. THE TASTE FOR MELANCHOLY IN 1700 CHAPTER III. THE REVOLT AGAINST MELANCHOLY 1700–1725 CHAPTER IV. MELANCHOLY AND DESCRIPTION 1725–1750 CHAPTER V. THE PERSISTENCE OF MELANCHOLY AND ITS ETHICAL CONDEMNATION, 1725–1750 CHAPTER VI. THE PERFECTION OF FORM; GRAY’S “ELEGY,” 1751 BIBLIOGRAPHY. LIST OF WORKS QUOTED OR MENTIONED INDEX OF AUTHORS VITA