John Thelwall : Selected Poetry and Poetics / edited by J. Thompson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Thompson, J., Editor.

Series:

Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters, 2634-5218

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poetry.

European literature.

Literature--History and criticism.

Literature.

Poetry and Poetics.

European Literature.

Literary History.

Local Subjects:

Poetry and Poetics.

European Literature.

Literary History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2015.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Drawing on newly-discovered manuscripts, this collection is the first modern edition of poetry by John Thelwall, the famed radical Romantic and champion of the working class. Eight key essays and 125 fully-annotated poems introduce his work in correspondence with historical traditions and current critical paradigms.

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction: "Poets and Poesy I Sing"; "The Dawn and Progress of a Poetic Mind"; "Some Few Minds Congenial"; "Poesy's Lore"; "Drafts on the Muses"; Chapter 2 Poems Pastoral and Peripatetic; On Pastoral Poetry; Comp. Sept. 1820 Pub. Champion 1820, Recreations 1822; Nature's Lesson; Comp. c 1792 Pub. Peripatetic 1793; Derby MS 1.13S; The Nosegay; Comp. 1786, Rev. c 1805 Pub. Various Subjects 1787; Derby MS 1. 271; The Rose; The Rose; The Sprig of Hawthorn

The Full-Blown BlossomThe Bud; The Half-Open'd Blossom; The Sprig of Hawthorn; The Full-Blown Blossom; The Bud; The Half-Open'd Blossom; The Woodbine; The Violet; The Cowslip; The Woodbine; The Violet; The Cowslip; The Lily of the Valley; The Lily of the Valley; Hannah's Eye; Written in the neighbourhood of Roslin Castle. April 1804; Comp. 1804 Pub. Champion 1821, Recreations 1822; Derby MS 1. 261; The Water Lily; Written in the neighborhood of Windermere. June 1804.; Comp. 1804 Pub. Champion 1821, Recreations 1822; Derby MS 1.267; The Winter's Rose

Fifty-Six and One and Twenty. A Phenomena.Comp. c 1820 Pub. Champion 1821, MM 1825; Derby MS 3.832; The Wintery Oak; Comp. c 1792; Rev. c 1805 Pub. Peripatetic, 1793; Derby MS 1.55; The Woodbine; Dovedale, Oct. 1797.; Comp. 1797 Pub. Retirement 1801; The Woodbine and the Oak; An Apologue; From Fifty-Two to sweet Seventeen-who wish'd he were but Thirty-Four24; Comp. 1816 Pub. Liverpool Mercury May 15, 1817, MM 1825; Derby MS 3.830; Sports of the Zephyrs; Comp. c. 1786, c. 1816 Pub. Various Subjects 1787; Derby MS 2.719; Song-The Theft

Comp. 1788 Unpub. Derby MS 1.85The Expiring Zephyr; Written impromptu on the broken Fan of Miss Thornton of Bedford; Comp. July 1803 Pub. Champion 1819, Recreations 1822; Derby MS 2.467; The Storm without; an Impromptu; Written in one of the public Rooms at Blackpool; Comp. Sept. 1805 Pub. Champion 1819; Derby MS 1.23; The Lark; Comp. c 1792 Pub. Peripatetic 1793; The Dove; Comp. 1789 Pub. Champion 1819; The Lark; Comp. 1804 Pub. Vestibule 1810; The Falconer to His Bird

Comp. c 1817 Pub. Recreations 1822 Derby MS 3.878; The Falconer to His Bird on Wing; To Cecil on her requesting me to permit her to visit her sister Boulong35; Comp. July 1822 Unpub. Derby MS 3.885; The Lowly Roof; Comp. c 1792, Rev. c 1805 Pub. Peripatetic 1793; Derby MS 1.153; The Neglected Suburb; Comp. c 1792, Rev. c 1805 Pub. Peripatetic 1793; Derby MS 1.157; Mirfield; Comp. June 1803 Pub. Recreations 1822; Derby MS 1.297; The Cottage; Written while traveling between Lancaster & Kendal

Comp. 1804 Pub. Vestibule 1810

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781349466252

1349466255