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THE POEMS OF WILLIAM COWPER: VOLUME II: 1782-1785
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| By: |
William Cowper, John D. Baird (Editor), Charles Ryskamp (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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£197.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0198123396 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780198123392 |
| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 November, 1993 |
| Series: |
Oxford English Texts |
| Pages: |
484 |
| 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 includes some of Cowper's finest works, among them such well-known short poems as 'The Poplar-Field', 'Epitaph on a Hare', 'On the Loss of the Royal George' (here restored to the form in which Cowper wrote it, and accompanied by the music for which it was written), and 'The Diverting History of John Gilpin' which, two years after its first anonymous publication in a newspaper, suddenly achieved huge popularity in a series of public readings. It also contains Cowper's masterpiece, The Task - one of the most approachable of the great English poems. Cowper's blank verse is a supple instrument, capable of every effect, from the parody-georgic on the growing of cucumbers to the visionary conclusion of Book VI. At the centre of the poem stands the poet himself, presented with wry humour and deep poignancy. The texts are based on manuscripts as well as early editions of the poetry, and are supplied with textual annotation and commentary. In the case of The Task, this is the first fully annotated edition for over a hundred years; its commentary relates the poem to the period in which it was written more fully than any previous edition. |
| Illustrations: |
some musical settings |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Clarendon Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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