The New Oxford Book of Eighteenth-Century Verse

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.

Title - The New Oxford Book of Eighteenth-Century Verse

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ISBN 13 - 9780192804914

Imprint - Oxford University Press

Publisher - Oxford University Press

Date Published - 24/07/2003

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Binding Type - Paperback

Dimensions - 129 x 196 x mm

Weight - 573 g

Languages - English