title: Pessimism in Three Major English Poets of the Nineteenth Century creator: Simms, Bobbie Gwen contributor: Ballard, E. G. contributor: Jeffrey, Lloyd N. publisher: North Texas State College date: 1958-08 language: English description: This thesis examines the evidences of pessimism in the poetry of each poet, substantiated when possible by parallel prose writings and other critical and biographical material; and finally, it reaches tentative conclusions about the direction of the change in pessimistic outlook of three poets. subject: Arnold, Matthew subject: Hardy, Thomas subject: Housman, Alfred Edward rights: Public rights: Copyright rights: Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. rights: Simms, Bobbie Gwen type: Thesis or Dissertation format: iii, 83 leaves format: Text identifier: call-no: 379 N81 no.2645 identifier: local-cont-no: n_02645 identifier: untcat: b1398000 identifier: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc163843/ identifier: ark: ark:/67531/metadc163843