Eighteenth-Century Poetry

The second edition of this popular anthology reveals the rich variety of poetry produced in the period 1700--1800. * New edition of this popular anthology of eighteenth--century poetry. * Reveals the rich variety of poetry produced in this period. * Traditionally prominent authors, such as Pope, Swift, Burns and Cowper, are represented alongside lesser--known writers, particularly women. * For the second edition, the political and satirical content of the anthology has been strengthened with the inclusion of poems such as Charles Churchill's Night, Samuel Johnson's London and Swift's A Satirical Elegy on a Late Famous General. * The revised edition includes material by two new women poets, Martha Sansom and Sarah Dixon. * The editors continue to draw out interesting links between poems, and especially between male and female poets.

ISBN 1405113189   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9781405113182 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 1198 Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd   Published in Oxford Imprint Blackwell Publishing Ltd   Series title Blackwell Annotated Anthologies Format Hardback   Previous ISBN 9780631206231 Publication date 16 Dec 2003   Height (mm) 256 Library of Congress PR1215 \.E, PR1215 \.E   Width (mm) 180 DEWEY 821.508   Spine width (mm) 39 DEWEY edition DC21   Academic level Professional / Scholarly Pages 592

		Selected Contents by Theme
		Alphabetical List of Authors
		Chronology of Events and Poetic Landmarks
		Introduction
		Preface to Second Edition
		Editorial Procedures
		Text
		Acknowledgements
		The Choice by John Pomfret		6
		The Splendid Shilling by John Philips		11
		The Liberty by Sarah Fyge Egerton		11
		On my leaving London by Sarah Fyge Egerton		13
		To One who said I must not Love by Sarah Fyge Egerton		14
		The Emulation by Sarah Fyge Egerton		15
		The Adventurous Muse by Isaac Watts		17
		A Winter-Piece by Ambrose Philips		20
		The Spleen by Anne Finch		22
		Upon the Hurricane by Anne Finch		26
		A Nocturnal Reverie by Anne Finch		33
		To the Nightingale by Anne Finch		35
		A Sigh by Anne Finch		36
		The Agreeable by Anne Finch		36
		Friday; or, The Dirge by John Gay		39
		Trivia, Book II by John Gay		43
		An Elegy, To an Old Beauty by Thomas Parnell		59
		A Night-Piece on Death by Thomas Parnell		61
		Oft have I read by Thomas Parnell		63
		For His own Epitaph by Matthew Prior		65
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"Eighteenth--Century Poetry: An Annotated Anthology is simply the best or even the only eighteenth--century poetry anthology to use in undergraduate and graduate survey courses. The annotation is rich and detailed, the headnotes and introductory matter are superb and the selections wisely chosen. This is an edition that I treasure." John Richetti, University of Pennsylvania "This is one of those rare books that reshapes and reanimates a field of inquiry. Fairer and Gerrard know their subject as well as anyone, and this anthology gives us all the benefit of their erudition, insight and critical tact." John Sitter, Emory University "The volume, handsomely produced, is annotated economically, with a sure instinct for what a reader will find puzzling, whilst the head notes are compact, informative and lucid. The balance of the famous and the obscure is perfectly struck." English Studies

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