
In the most comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the poetry published in Britain between the Restoration and the end of the eighteenth century, forty-four authorities from six countries survey the poetry of the age in all its richness and diversity—serious and satirical, public and private, by men and women, nobles and peasants, whether published in deluxe editions or sung on the streets. The contributors discuss poems in social contexts, poetic identities, poetic subjects, poetic form, poetic genres, poetic devices, and criticism. Even experts in eighteenth-century poetry will see familiar poems from new angles, and all readers will encounter poems they've never read before. The book is not a chronologically organized literary history, nor an encyclopaedia, nor a collection of thematically related essays; rather it is an attempt to provide a systematic overview of these poetic works, and to restore it to a position of centrality in modern criticism.
This volume investigates the breadth and cultural significance of British poetry produced between the Restoration in 1660 and the close of the eighteenth century. Editor Jack Lynch, a scholar of eighteenth-century literature, compiles contributions from forty-four international experts to argue for the centrality of this poetic era within the broader canon of modern literary criticism.
What You Will Find
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Scholars and students of the period frequently identify this work as a foundational reference for understanding the diversity of eighteenth-century verse. Experts highlight the text's systematic approach to poetic identity and social context as a significant contribution to the field.
Page Count:
816
Publication Date:
2016-01-01
Publisher:
OUP Oxford
ISBN-10:
0191019690
ISBN-13:
9780191019692
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