Eighteenth-Century Poetry

Eighteenth-Century Poetry
Author: David Fairer
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 688
Release: 2014-12-03
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 111882475X

Currently the definitive text in the field and now available in an expanded third edition, Eighteenth-Century Poetry presents the rich diversity of English poetry from 1700-1800 in authoritative texts and with full scholarly annotation. Balanced to reflect current interests and "favorites" (including prominent poets like Finch, Swift, Pope, Montagu, Johnson, Gray, Burns, and Cowper) as well as less familiar material, offering a variety of voices and new directions for research and learning Includes 46 new poems with more texts by women poets and the inclusion of four additional poets (Mary Barber, Mehetabel Wright, Anna Seward, and Mary Robinson); poems reflecting new ecological approaches to 18th-century literature; and poems on the art of writing Accessible and user-friendly, with generous head notes, full foot-of-page annotations, an expanded thematic index, and a visually appealing text design

English Versions of Roman Satire in the Earlier Eighteenth Century

English Versions of Roman Satire in the Earlier Eighteenth Century
Author: William Kupersmith
Publisher: University of Delaware Press
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2007
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780874139600

This book discusses Imitations of the ancient Roman verse satirists Horace, Juvenal, and Perseus published in Britain in the first half of the eighteenth century. It endeavors to put major writers such as Alexander Pope and Samuel Johnson in the context of lesser writers of the period. It also devotes attention to other canonical writers such as Jonathan Swift, Henry Fielding, and Christopher Smart.