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The Oxford handbook of British poetry, 1660-1800 / edited by Jack Lynch.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford handbooks online
- Oxford handbooks in literature.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English poetry--17th century--History and criticism.
- English poetry.
- English poetry--18th century--History and criticism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).
- Other Title:
- Handbook of British poetry, 1660-1800
- British poetry, 1660-1800
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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, 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 Brunström
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 30, 2016).
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 9780191756580
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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