The Oxford Handbook of British Poetry, 1660-1800
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Publisher:Oxford University Press
Published:5th Mar '20
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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.
...[I]ts eclectic contextual and thematic studies, wonderfully reflective of the current state of the eighteenth-century studies as a discipline, will reveal the period's relationship to poetry in all its complexity and contradiction. * Emrys Jones, King's College London, New Rambler *
The best pieces in this volume take account of recent book history, which has transformed our understanding of print culture in the period... Hammond's exemplary account, wide-ranging, insightful, and beautifully written,is one example among many of the riches of this book. * Jane Darcy (University College, London), Modern Language Review *
Once again Oxford University Press has published a library staple... A core collection for university or college libraries supporting English literature programmes. It should also be seriously considered as an excellent addition to the stock of public libraries supporting a poetry collection... This Handbook distinguishes itself through its coverage, presentation and writing style. * Linda Kemp (Nottingham Trent University), Reference Reviews *
These essays are witty, erudite, and enormously helpful to anyone reading or teaching in this area ... [the] chapters are similarly gratifying, and I think this will be a useful text for studying the poetry of the eighteenth century. * George E. Haggerty, SEL Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 *
The Oxford Handbook of British Poetry, 1660-1800 displays scholarship at its communal best * Norma Clarke, Times Literary Supplement *
ISBN: 9780198861348
Dimensions: 241mm x 166mm x 42mm
Weight: 1382g
818 pages