EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY POETRY by David Fairer (Editor), Christine Gerrard (Editor) ( 9781405113182 )

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Title:

EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY POETRY
AN ANNOTATED ANTHOLOGY

By:

David Fairer (Editor), Christine Gerrard (Editor)

Format:

Hardback

List price:	£115.00
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ISBN 10:

1405113189

ISBN 13:

9781405113182

Publisher:

JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD

Pub. date:

16 December, 2003

Edition:

2nd Revised edition

Series:

Blackwell Annotated Anthologies

Pages:

592

Description:

* New edition of this popular anthology of eighteenth--century poetry. * Reveals the rich variety of poetry produced in this period. * Traditionally prominent authors, such as Pope, Swift, Burns and Cowper, are represented alongside lesser--known writers, particularly women.

Synopsis:

The second edition of this popular anthology reveals the rich variety of poetry produced in the period 1700--1800. * New edition of this popular anthology of eighteenth--century poetry. * Reveals the rich variety of poetry produced in this period. * Traditionally prominent authors, such as Pope, Swift, Burns and Cowper, are represented alongside lesser--known writers, particularly women. * For the second edition, the political and satirical content of the anthology has been strengthened with the inclusion of poems such as Charles Churchill's Night, Samuel Johnson's London and Swift's A Satirical Elegy on a Late Famous General. * The revised edition includes material by two new women poets, Martha Sansom and Sarah Dixon. * The editors continue to draw out interesting links between poems, and especially between male and female poets.

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Imprint:

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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