Odes on Several Descriptive and Allegoric Subjects. by William Collins

Odes on Several Descriptive and Allegoric Subjects. by William Collins
Author: WILLIAM. COLLINS
Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
Total Pages: 58
Release: 2018-04-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9781379593492

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T144887 "Entered in Woodfall's ledger under 15 Dec 1746; 1000 copies printed" (Foxon). London: printed for A. Millar, 1747 [1746]. [4],52p.; 8°

The Lyric Poem

The Lyric Poem
Author: Marion Thain
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2013-11-07
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 110765288X

As a study of lyric poetry, in English, from the early modern period to the present, this book explores one of the most ancient and significant art forms in Western culture as it emerges in its various modern incarnations. Combining a much-needed historicisation of the concept of lyric with an aesthetic and formal focus, this collaboration of period-specialists offers a new cross-historical approach. Through eleven chapters, spanning more than four centuries, the book provides readers with both a genealogical framework for the understanding of lyric poetry within any particular period, and a necessary context for more general discussion of the nature of genre.

Ode to the Passions

Ode to the Passions
Author: Alice Mary Smith
Publisher: A-R Editions, Inc.
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2019-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 198720333X

Alice Mary Smith (1839–84) was one of the few women composers in the early to mid-Victorian era to write in larger-scale genres. Moreover, she was able to have nearly all her works publicly performed. By 1878 Smith had turned her attention to works for chorus and orchestra: Ode to the Passions was the second of four choral pieces published before her untimely death. The work closely follows the text of William Collins’s The Passions: An Ode for Music of 1746 and is in nine movements (some of which are linked), preceded by an orchestral introduction. Composed expressly for the Three Choir Festival held in 1882 in Hereford, it received wide acclaim and was subsequently performed in Bradford, in London (twice), and even reached Australia. Smith deliberately eschewed the harmonic language of the continental composers, and, no doubt because of this, her works fell out of popularity shortly after her death.

The Spenser Encyclopedia

The Spenser Encyclopedia
Author: A.C. Hamilton
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 858
Release: 2020-07-01
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1134934823

'This masterly work ought to be The Elizabethan Encyclopedia, and no less.' - Cahiers Elizabethains Edmund Spenser remains one of Britain's most famous poets. With nearly 700 entries this Encyclopedia provides a comprehensive one-stop reference tool for: * appreciating Spenser's poetry in the context of his age and our own * understanding the language, themes and characters of the poems * easy to find entries arranged by subject.

The Continuity of Poetic Language

The Continuity of Poetic Language
Author: Josephine Miles
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 564
Release: 1951
Genre: English language
ISBN:

Studies in English Poetry from the 1540's to the 1940'sDonated by Frank Mattson.

The Christian Tradition in English Literature

The Christian Tradition in English Literature
Author: Paul Cavill
Publisher: Zondervan Academic
Total Pages: 513
Release: 2009-08-30
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310861357

Features:• Wide chronological coverage of English literature, especially texts found in the Norton, Oxford, Blackwell and other standard anthologies• Short, punchy essays that engage with the texts, the critics, and literary and social issues• Background and survey articles• Glossaries of Bible themes, images and narratives• Annotated bibliography and questions for class discussion or personal reflection• Scholarly yet accessible, jargon-free approach – ideal for school and university students, book groups and general readersCreated for readers who may be unfamiliar with the Bible, church history or theological development, it offers an understanding of Christianity’s key concepts, themes, images and characters as they relate to English literature up to the present day.

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