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Class and the Canon
. Ed(S): Blair, Kirstie; Gorji, Mina
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Paperback. Examining how labouring-class poets constructed themselves and were constructed by critics as part of a canon, and how they situated their work in relation to contemporaries and poets from earlier periods, this book highlights the complexities of labouring-class poetic identities in the period from Burns to mid-late century Victorian dialect poets. Editor(s): Blair, Kirstie; Gorji, Mina. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Examining how labouring-class poets constructed themselves and were constructed by critics as part of a canon, and how they situated their work in relation to contemporaries and poets from earlier periods, this book highlights the complexities of labouring-class poetic identities in the period from Burns to mid-late century Victorian dialect poets.
Examining how labouring-class poets constructed themselves and were constructed by critics as part of a canon, and how they situated their work in relation to contemporaries and poets from earlier periods, this book highlights the complexities of labouring-class poetic identities in the period from Burns to mid-late century Victorian dialect poets.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
227
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349440375
SKU
V9781349440375
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About . Ed(S): Blair, Kirstie; Gorji, Mina
KERRI ANDREWS Lecturer, University of Strathclyde, UK MATTHEW CAMPBELL Professor of English, University of York, UK SUE EDNEY Lecturer in English, Bath Spa University, UK JOHN GOODRIDGE Professor of English, Nottingham Trent University, UK BRIAN HOLLINGWORTH former Head of Literature Studies, Derby University, UK NIGEL LEASK Regius Chair of English Language and Literature, University of Glasgow, UK ... Read more
Reviews for Class and the Canon
"This paradigm shifting collection of essays is to be recommended to anyone interested in the interface between literature and history. The editors are to be congratulated on bringing together such an impressive cast of contributors. There are ground-breaking readings of familiar figures such as Ann Yearsley and John Clare and fascinating analyses of less familar ones such as Samuel Thomson. ... Read more