Night Thoughts

During the century after its publication in 1742, 'Night Thoughts' was one of the most popular, widely read and influential poems in the English language. However, there have been no editions of the poem since the middle of the nineteenth century. This edition contains a critical introduction setting the poem in the context of the eighteenth-century sublime. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; Night Thoughts (with textual variants) Notes; Bibliography of works cited in the Introduction and Notes; Further reading.

Product details

• Authors: Young Edward, Edward Young
• Assisted by: Stephen Cornford (Editor), Cornford Stephen (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2008
• EAN: 9780521069670
• ISBN: 978-0-521-06967-0
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 21 mm
• Series: Print on Demand
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; POETRY / General, English, Poetry by individual poets, Poetry / poems by individual poets