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Reading Eighteenth-Century Poetry recaptures for modern readers the urgency, distinctiveness and rewarding nature of this challenging and powerful body of poetry.

  • An essential guide to reading eighteenth-century poetry, written by world-renowned critic, Patricia Meyer Spacks
  • Exposes the multiplicity of forms, tones, and topics engaged by poets during this period
  • Provides in-depth analysis of poems by established figures such as Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift, as well as work by less familiar figures, including Anne Finch and Mary Leapor
  • A broadly chronological structure incorporates close reading alongside insightful contextual and historical detail
  • Captures the power and uniqueness of eighteenth-century poetry, creating an ideal guide for those returning to this period, or delving into it for the first time

Reading Eighteenth-Century Poetry

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Reading Eighteenth-Century Poetry recaptures for modern readers the urgency, distinctiveness and rewarding nature of this challenging and powerful body of... Read more

    Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
    Publication Date: 27/01/2009
    ISBN13: 9781405153614, 978-1405153614
    ISBN10: 140515361X

    Number of Pages: 304

    Non Fiction , ELT & Literary Studies , Education

    Description

    Reading Eighteenth-Century Poetry recaptures for modern readers the urgency, distinctiveness and rewarding nature of this challenging and powerful body of poetry.

    • An essential guide to reading eighteenth-century poetry, written by world-renowned critic, Patricia Meyer Spacks
    • Exposes the multiplicity of forms, tones, and topics engaged by poets during this period
    • Provides in-depth analysis of poems by established figures such as Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift, as well as work by less familiar figures, including Anne Finch and Mary Leapor
    • A broadly chronological structure incorporates close reading alongside insightful contextual and historical detail
    • Captures the power and uniqueness of eighteenth-century poetry, creating an ideal guide for those returning to this period, or delving into it for the first time

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