Poetic occasion from Milton to Wordsworth / John Dolan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dolan, John (John Carroll)

Series:

Early modern literature in history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Occasional verse, English--History and criticism.

Occasional verse, English.

Literature and history--Great Britain--History.

Literature and history.

English poetry--History and criticism.

English poetry.

History.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

vii, 219 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000.

Summary:

This book takes a new approach to the evolution of the modern English Lyric, emphasizing the way in which several generations of poets, reacting to post-Reformation readers' dislike for invented poetic narratives, competed for the right to commemorate important public occasions and slowly expanded the range for acceptable occasion. The book demonstrates that many fundamental features of a typical modern lyric actually evolved as responses to the limitations of occasional poetry.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-213) and index.

ISBN:

0312220944

OCLC:

40480036