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The Oxford Handbook of British Poetry, 1660-1800
Jack Lynch
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Description for The Oxford Handbook of British Poetry, 1660-1800
Hardback. In the most comprehensive, up-to-date account of the poetry published in Britain between the Restoration and the end of the eighteenth century, a team of leading experts surveys the poetry of the age in all its richness and diversity. They provide a systematic overview, and restore these poetic works to a position of centrality in modern criticism. Editor(s): Lynch, Jack. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 184 x 282 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1538.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Oxford Handbooks
Condition
New
Weight
1537g
Number of Pages
818
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199600809
SKU
V9780199600809
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About Jack Lynch
Jack Lynch is Professor of English at Rutgers University-Newark, and the author or editor of eighteen books, including The Age of Elizabeth in the Age of Johnson and Deception and Detection in Eighteenth-Century Britain. He is co-editor of The Age of Johnson: A Scholarly Annual.
Reviews for The Oxford Handbook of British Poetry, 1660-1800
...[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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more