EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY POETRY by David Fairer (Editor), Christine Gerrard (Editor) ( 9781405113199 )

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Title:

EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY POETRY
AN ANNOTATED ANTHOLOGY

By:

David Fairer (Editor), Christine Gerrard (Editor)

Format:

Paperback

List price:	£29.99
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ISBN 10:

1405113197

ISBN 13:

9781405113199

Publisher:

JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD

Pub. date:

16 December, 2003

Edition:

2nd Revised edition

Series:

Blackwell Annotated Anthologies

Pages:

592

Description:

Reveals the variety of poetry produced in the period 1700-1800. This anthology includes poems such as Charles Churchill's "Night", Samuel Johnson's "London" and Swift's "A Satirical Elegy on a Late Famous General". It draws links between poems, and especially between male and female poets.

Synopsis:

The second edition of this popular anthology reveals the rich variety of poetry produced in the period 1700-1800. It is the new edition of this popular anthology of eighteenth-century poetry. It 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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