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THE POEMS OF WILLIAM COWPER: VOLUME III: 1785-1800
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| By: |
William Cowper, John D. Baird (Editor), Charles Ryskamp (Editor) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£245.00 |
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£245.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0198182961 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780198182962 |
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| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
28 December, 1995 |
| Series: |
Oxford English Texts |
| Pages: |
468 |
| Description: |
These volumes complete the Oxford English Texts edition of Cowper's poems, and include most of his finest works, from much-anthologized short poems such as `The Poplar-Field' and `The Retired Cat' to longer works such as `The Cast-Away'. Volume II also contains his masterpiece, The Task: a reflection on his own life and the England of his day, and one of the most approachable of the great English poems. |
| Synopsis: |
This volume completes the Oxford English Texts edition of Cowper's poems. It contains the poetry he wrote in the last fifteen years of his life, after the publication of The Task had established him as the leading poet of his day. While working on a translation of Homer (not a part of this edition), Cowper found time to produce a wealth of shorter poems, ranging in style from the humour of 'The Dog and the Water-Lily' and 'The Retired Cat', to the restrained pathos of 'On the Receipt of My Mother's Picture out of Norfolk', and 'To Mary' (addressed to his companion, Mrs Unwin); and from the reflective tone of 'Yardley Oak' to the vulgar energy of the ballads against slavery. His last masterpiece, 'The Cast-Away', an expression of the profound misery which had possessed him for most of his adult life, is followed by a series of brilliant translations such as 'The Snail'. This contrast of utter despair with humour and careful workmanship gives poetic form to the endlessly fascinating riddle of Cowper's life and personality. The texts are based on manuscripts as well as early editions of the poetry, and are supplied with textual annotation and commentary.The translations of Latin and Italian poems of Milton, in which the poet William Hayley made alterations with Cowper's approval, are for the first time printed so that the reader can distinguish Hayley's work from Cowper's, and see Cowper's original wording. |
| Illustrations: |
some musical settings |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Clarendon Press |
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