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Eighteenth-Century Poetry: An Annotated Anthology
David Fairer
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Description for Eighteenth-Century Poetry: An Annotated Anthology
Paperback. Currently the definitive text in the field and now available in an expanded third edition, Eighteenth-Century Poetry presents the rich diversity of English poetry from 1700-1800 in authoritative texts and with full scholarly annotation. Editor(s): Fairer, David; Gerrard, Christine. Series: Blackwell Annotated Anthologies. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 171 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1020.
Currently the definitive text in the field and now available in an expanded third edition, Eighteenth-Century Poetry presents the rich diversity of English poetry from 1700-1800 in authoritative texts and with full scholarly annotation.
- Balanced to reflect current interests and "favorites" (including prominent poets like Finch, Swift, Pope, Montagu, Johnson, Gray, Burns, and Cowper) as well as less familiar material, offering a variety of voices and new directions for research and learning
- Includes 46 new poems with more texts by women poets and the inclusion of four additional poets (Mary Barber, Mehetabel Wright, Anna Seward, and Mary Robinson); poems reflecting new ... Read more
- Accessible and user-friendly, with generous head notes, full foot-of-page annotations, an expanded thematic index, and a visually appealing text design
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Blackwell Annotated Anthologies
Condition
New
Number of Pages
688
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781118824757
SKU
V9781118824757
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99-50
About David Fairer
David Fairer is Professor of Eighteenth-Century English Literature at the University of Leeds, UK. His most recent book, Organising Poetry: The Coleridge Circle 1790-1798 (2009) traces the development of English poetry during the 1790s, building on the concerns of his previous comprehensive study, English Poetry of the Eighteenth Century, 1700-1789 (2003). He is also the author of The Poetry of ... Read more
Reviews for Eighteenth-Century Poetry: An Annotated Anthology
Fairer and Gerrard s third edition of Eighteenth-Century Poetry: An Annotated Anthology is simply the one and only anthology to use when teaching 18 th-Century British Poetry. The selections are judicious but wide-ranging, offering readers the traditional canonical figures as well as newly-recuperated poets, both male and female. The annotations are superbly informative and authoritative. Bravissimo! John Richetti, University of ... Read more