Cambridge Introduction to Eighteenth-Century Poetry

Informationen zum Autor John Sitter is Mary Lee Duda Professor of Literature at the University of Notre Dame. Klappentext An introduction for university students to important poets and forms of poetry between Dryden and Wordsworth. Zusammenfassung An approachable introduction to English poetry and major poets of the period 1700–1785, this book provides a grounding in poetic analysis that will be of great use to literature students throughout their degree. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. Voice: 1. Voice in eighteenth-century poetry; 2. The Heroic couplet continuum; 3. Vocal engagement: reading Pope's An Essay on Criticism; 4. Talking in tetrameter; 5. Blank verse and stanzaic poetry; Part II. Poetic Consciousness: 6. Satiric poetry; 7. Pope as metapoet; 8. Metapoetry beyond Pope; Part III. Vision: 9. Reading visions; 10. Personification; 11. Prophecy and prospects of society; 12. Ecological prospects and natural knowledge; A concluding note: then and now; Suggested reading; Index.

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• Authors: John Sitter, John (University of Notre Dame Sitter, John E. Sitter
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.10.2011
• EAN: 9780521612784
• ISBN: 978-0-521-61278-4
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature; Cambridge Introductions to Lit; Cambridge Introductions to Literature; Cambridge Introductions to Lit
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies; English, Poetry, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: poetry and poets