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The Oxford handbook of British poetry, 1660-1800 / edited by Jack Lynch.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford handbooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English poetry--17th century--History and criticism.
- English poetry.
- English poetry--18th century--History and criticism.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 794 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Handbook of British poetry, 1660-1800
- British poetry, 1660-1800
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
- 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.
- Contents:
- Part I. Poems in social settings. Poems on the streets / William Donaldson
- 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 and Lissa Paul
- Poems in the lecture hall / Richard Terry
- Part II. Poetic identities. 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
- Part III. Poetic subjects. 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
- Part IV. Poetic form. Couplets / J. Paul Hunter
- Blank verse / Conrad Brunström
- Stanzas / Rodney Stenning Edgecombe
- Free verse and prose poetry / Richard Bradford
- Part V. Poetic genres. 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
- Part VI. Poetic devices. Imagery / Timothy Erwin
- Metaphor / Blanford Parker
- Allusion / Marcus Walsh
- Irony / Jack Lynch
- Part VII. Criticism. Scholarship / Adam Rounce
- Histories / Philip Smallwood
- Reviews / Antonia Forster
- Honors / Daniel J. Ennis.
- Notes:
- Series statement from book jacket.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199600809
- 0199600805
- OCLC:
- 944463038
- Publisher Number:
- 99969064964
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