New Oxford Book of Eighteenth-century Verse
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New Oxford Book of Eighteenth-century Verse by Roger Lonsdale
No previous anthology has succeeded in illustrating so thoroughly the kinds of verse actually written in the eighteenth century. The familiar tradition is fully represented by selections from such poets as Pope, Swift, Tomson, Gray, Smart, Goldsmith, Cowper, Burns, and Blake. In addition, the anthology includes verse by many forgotten writers, both men and women, from all levels of society. Although they have never figured in conventional literary history, they wrote humorous, idiosyncratic, and graphic verse about their personal experience and the world around them, in a way that should challenge received ideas about the periods restraints and inhibitions.Roger Lonsdale, a Fellow and Tutor of Balliol College, Oxford, is the editor of The New Oxford Book of Eighteenth-Century Verse.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780192804914 |
| ISBN 10 | 019280491X |
| Title | New Oxford Book of Eighteenth-century Verse |
| Author | Roger Lonsdale |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2003-07-24 |
| Number of pages | 912 |
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