The Cambridge companion to eighteenth-century poetry /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by John Sitter.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
1st ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cambridge University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2001.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xix, 298 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
24 cm
SERIES
Series Title
Cambridge companions to literature
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"The Cambridge Companion to Eighteenth-Century Poetry analyzes major premises, preoccupations, and practices of English poets writing from 1700 to the 1790s. These specially commissioned essays avoid familiar categories and single-author approaches to look at the century afresh. Chapters consider such large poetic themes as nature, the city, political passions, the relation of death to desire and dreams, appeals to an imagined future, and the meanings of "sensibility." Other chapters explore historical developments such as the connection between poetic couplets and conversation, the conditions of publication, changing theories of poetry and imagination, growing numbers of women poets and readers, the rise of a self-consciously national tradition, and the place of lyric poetry in thought and practice. The essays are well supported by supplementary material including a chronology of the period and detailed guides to further reading. Altogether the volume provides an invaluable resource for scholars and students."--Jacket.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
English poetry-- 18th century-- History and criticism, Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Poésie anglaise-- 18e siècle-- Histoire et critique.
Poésie anglaise-- 18e siècle, Guides, manuels, etc.
Engels.
English poetry.
Gedichten.
Literatura inglesa (história e crítica)-- Século 18.