Etherized upon a Table, Vol. 1: The Story and Evolution of Modern PoetriesEtherized upon a Table is an account of the evolution of poetry from Homer to the present day, with particular emphasis on the periods of history in which poets saw themselves as modern. Whether they were called "moderni" or "neoterics" or "poetae novi" or "moderns," every great era in poetry was usually centered around a group of poets who broke with tradition, used the natural speech and diction of their own time, and saw themselves as creating