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Poetry From 1660 to 1780 - Civil War, Restoration, Revolution

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Informationen zum Autor Robert DeMaria Jr. is Henry Noble MacCracken Professor of English at Vassar College. Duncan Wu is a Fellow of St Catherine's College, Oxford, and University Lecturer in English Literature. Klappentext This concise collection of poetry from 1660-1789 offers readers authoritative texts of the central works of the age. Provides readers with authoritative texts of key poems from 1660-1789. Focuses on those works most widely taught at schools and universities. Offers students an accessible digest of the poetry of the period. Demonstrates the range of poetry written between the restoration of the monarchy and the beginnings of the Romantic movement. Zusammenfassung This collection of poetry from 1660-1789 offers readers authoritative texts of the central works of the age. Poets are presented in chronological order! giving readers a sense of how poetry evolved in the period between the restoration of the monarchy and the French Revolution. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Editor's Preface Introduction: Duncan Wu.1. John Milton (1608-1674):Paradise Lost.Book I.Book Ii.2. John Dryden (1631-1700): Absalom And Achitophel:A Poem To The Memory Of Mr Oldham.A Song For St Cecilia's Day.3. John Wilmot! Earl Of Rochester (1647-1680):The Imperfect Enjoyment.A Satyr Against Reason And Mankind.The Disabled Debauchee.Lampoon [On The Women About Town].Signior Dildo.A Satyr On Charles Ii.A Letter From Artemiza In The Town To Chloe In The Country.A Ramble In Saint James's Park.Song ('Fair Cloris In A Pigsty Lay').A Song ('Absent From Thee I Languish Still').4. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745):A Description Of The Morning.A Description Of A City Shower.Strephon And Chloe.The Lady's Dressing Room.A Beautiful Young Nymph Going To Bed.Cassinus And Peter. A Tragical Elegy.Verses On The Death Of Dr Swift! D.S.P.D.5. Alexander Pope (1688-1744):Epistle To Miss Blount! With The Works Of Voiture.The Rape Of The Lock.Eloisa To Abelard.Elegy To The Memory Of An Unfortunate Lady.6. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784):The Vanity Of Human Wishes.7. Thomas Gray (1716-1771):Ode On A Distant Prospect Of Eton College.Sonnet [On The Death Of Mr Richard West].Ode On The Death Of A Favourite Cat.Elegy Written In A Country Church-Yard.8. William Collins (1721-1759):Ode To Fear.Ode To Evening.9. Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774):The Deserted Village! A Poem.Index Of Titles And First Lines. ...

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Authors Demaria, R DeMaria, Robert (Vassar College) Wu Demaria, Robert Wu Demaria, Wu
Assisted by Robert DeMaria (Editor), Robert (Vassar College) Demaria (Editor), Duncan Wu (Editor), Duncan (St Catherine's College Wu (Editor)
Publisher Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 15.08.2002
 
EAN 9780631229827
ISBN 978-0-631-22982-7
No. of pages 192
Series Blackwell Essential Literature
Blackwell Essential Literature
Subject Fiction > Poetry, drama

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