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Robert Bloomfield
. Ed(S): White, Simon; Goodridge, John; Keegan, Bridget
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Description for Robert Bloomfield
Hardback. Consisting of fifteen individual chapters, this collection brings together three types of essays: those considering major volumes of poetry by Bloomfield; essays focusing on particular themes that dominate his corpus of work; and essays examining the significance of Bloomfield in a broader context. Editor(s): White, Simon; Goodridge, John; Keegan, Bridget. Num Pages: 315 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 22. Weight in Grams: 626.
The Farmer's Boy: A Rural Poem by Robert Bloomfield was published on March 1, 1800. It was an immediate success, going through seven editions, and selling twenty-six thousand copies in less than three years. Bloomfield published four additional volumes of poetry: Rural Tales, Ballads and Songs; Wild Flowers: or; Pastoral and Local Poetry; The Banks of Wye; and May-Day with the Muses. His work sold well during the nineteenth century, but over the course of the twentieth century, he became marginalized, unread, and ignored by academic criticism. A renewed interest in Bloomfield has, however, begun to take root over the ... Read more
The Farmer's Boy: A Rural Poem by Robert Bloomfield was published on March 1, 1800. It was an immediate success, going through seven editions, and selling twenty-six thousand copies in less than three years. Bloomfield published four additional volumes of poetry: Rural Tales, Ballads and Songs; Wild Flowers: or; Pastoral and Local Poetry; The Banks of Wye; and May-Day with the Muses. His work sold well during the nineteenth century, but over the course of the twentieth century, he became marginalized, unread, and ignored by academic criticism. A renewed interest in Bloomfield has, however, begun to take root over the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
315
Condition
New
Number of Pages
315
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611482393
SKU
V9781611482393
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About . Ed(S): White, Simon; Goodridge, John; Keegan, Bridget
Simon White completed a PhD thesis on Robert Bloomfield at the University of York. John Goodridge is professor of English at Nottingham Trent University. Bridget Keegan is professor of English at Creighton University.
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