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Title:

The Oxford handbook of British poetry, 1660-1800 / edited by Jack Lynch.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xxi, 794 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Subject:

English poetry--17th century--History and criticism.
English poetry--18th century--History and criticism.

Other Authors:

Lynch, Jack (John T.), editor.

Notes:

Series statement from book jacket. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Honors / Daniel J. Ennis. Poems on the stage / Cynthia Wall -- Poems in print / James McLaverty -- Poems in Magazines / Jennifer Batt -- Poems in the novel / Thomas Keymer -- Poems in the nursery / Andrea Immel, Lissa Paul -- Poems in the lecture hall / Richard Terry -- The poet as clubman / Moyra Haslett -- The poet as professional / Brean Hammond -- The poet as laborerer / Bridget Keegan -- The poet as teacher / Lorna Clymer -- The poet as man of feeling / Rivka Swenson -- The poet as genius / Marshall Brown -- The poet as fraud / Nick Groom -- The poet as poetess / Isobel Grundy -- Poems on poetry / David F. Venturo -- Poems on politics / Christine Gerrard -- Poems on nation and empire / Leith Davis -- Poems on science and philosophy / Pat Rogers -- Poems on place / Donna Landry -- Poems on the sexes / Catherine Ingrassia -- Couplets / J. Paul Hunter -- Blank verse / Conrad Brunstro˜m -- Stanzas / Rodney Stenning Edgecombe -- Free verse and prose poetry / Richard Bradford -- Pastoral / David Hill Radcliffe -- Georgic / David Fairer -- Epic / Anna M. Foy -- Satire / Ashley Marshall -- Ode / Sandro Jung -- Elegy / James D. Garrison -- Ballad / Ruth Perry -- Devotional poetry / Emma Mason -- Lyric / Jennifer Keith -- Translation / Tanya Caldwell -- Imagery / Timothy Erwin -- Metaphor / Blanford Parker -- Allusion / Marcus Walsh -- Irony / Jack Lynch -- Scholarship / Adam Rounce -- Histories / Philip Smallwood -- Reviews / Antonia Forster -- Honors / Daniel J. Ennis.

Summary:

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, 44 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 encyclopedia, 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.

Series:

Oxford handbooks

ISBN:

0199600805
9780199600809

OCLC:

(OCoLC)944463038

LCCN:

2016944778

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)