The pleasure of poetry : reading and enjoying British poetry from Donne to Burns / Nicolas H. Nelson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nelson, Nicolas H., 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English poetry--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.

English poetry.

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

Poets, English--Early modern, 1500-1700--Biography.

Poets, English.

Poets, English--Early modern--Biography.

Poets, English--18th century--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

x, 267 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2006.

Contents:

1 Introduction to Reading Poetry 1

2 John Donne (1572-1631): Poet of Secular and Sacred Love 19

3 Ben Jonson (1572-1637): Elegist, Satirist, and Moralist 37

4 Robert Herrick (1591-1674): Poet of Time, Love, and Delight 53

5 George Herbert (1593-1633): Poet and Priest 67

6 John Milton (1608-1674): Poet of English Puritanism 81

7 Andrew Marvell (1621-1678): Pastoral Poet of Time and History 107

8 John Dryden (1631-1700): Poet of the Restoration 125

9 Jonathan Swift (1667-1745): Satirist, Preacher, and Lover 143

10 Alexander Pope (1688-1744): Satirist and Moralist 161

11 Samuel Johnson (1709-1784): Moralist and Satirist 183

12 Four Eighteenth-Century Poets: Finch, Gray, Goldsmith, and Cowper 201

13 Robert Burns (1759-1796): Singer, Satirist, and Storyteller 225.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-256) and index.

ISBN:

0275991377

OCLC:

65301820

Publisher Number:

9780275991371