Selected Poems of Bernard Barton, the ''Quaker Poet''

The first ever modern edition of Bernard Barton's selected verse, recovering an important figure from the Romantic era. A diverse variety of his unusual and striking poetry is supplemented by letters, reviews and other contextual material, as well as a scholarly introduction and notes.

List of contents

List of Figures; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; A Note on Quakerism; 1812-19: Anonymous Beginnings; 1820-25: Emergence of the 'Quaker Poet'; 1826-29: Literary Fame; 1830-49: Late Barton; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Titles and First Lines.

About the author

Dr Christopher Stokes is a senior lecturer in romanticism at the University of Exeter.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Stokes
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781785274404
• ISBN: 978-1-78527-440-4
• No. of pages: 346
• Series: Anthem Nineteenth-Century Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, POETRY / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Ireland, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Poetry by individual poets, Literature: history and criticism, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Poetry / Poems, 1810s to 1840