The Oxford Handbook of British Poetry, 1660-1800 (Oxford Handbooks)

In the most comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the poetry published in Britain between the Restoration and the end of the eighteenth century, forty-four authorities from six countries survey the poetry of the age in all its richness and diversity--serious and satirical, public and private, by men and women, nobles and peasants, whether published in deluxe editions or sung on the streets. The contributors discuss poems in social contexts, poetic identities, poetic subjects, poetic form, poetic genres, poetic devices, and criticism. Even experts in eighteenth-century poetry will see familiar poems from new angles, and all readers will encounter poems they've never read before. The book is not a chronologically organized literary history, nor an encyclopaedia, nor a collection of thematically related essays; rather it is an attempt to provide a systematic overview of these poetic works, and to restore it to a position of centrality in modern criticism. In The Most Comprehensive, Up-to-date Account Of The Poetry Published In Britain Between The Restoration And The End Of The Eighteenth Century, A Team Of Leading Experts Surveys The Poetry Of The Age In All Its Richness And Diversity. They Provide A Systematic Overview, And Restore These Poetic Works To A Position Of Centrality In Modern Criticism. Poems On The Streets / William Donaldson -- Poems On The Stage / Cynthia Wall -- Poems In Print / James Mclaverty -- Poems In Magazines / Jennifer Batt -- Poems In The Novel / Thomas Keymer -- Poems In The Nursery / Andrea Immel, Lissa Paul -- Poems In The Lecture Hall / Richard Terry -- The Poet As Clubman / Moyra Haslett -- The Poet As Professional / Brean Hammond -- The Poet As Laborerer / Bridget Keegan -- The Poet As Teacher / Lorna Clymer -- The Poet As Man Of Feeling / Rivka Swenson -- The Poet As Genius / Marshall Brown -- The Poet As Fraud / Nick Groom -- The Poet As Poetess / Isobel Grundy -- Poems On Poetry / David F. Venturo -- Poems On Politics / Christine Gerrard -- Poems On Nation And Empire / Leith Davis -- Poems On Science And Philosophy / Pat Rogers -- Poems On Place / Donna Landry -- Poems On The Sexes / Catherine Ingrassia -- Couplets / J. Paul Hunter -- Blank Verse / Conrad Brunström -- Stanzas / Rodney Stenning Edgecombe -- Free Verse And Prose Poetry / Richard Bradford -- Pastoral / David Hill Radcliffe -- Georgic / David Fairer -- Epic / Anna M. Foy -- Satire / Ashley Marshall -- Ode / Sandro Jung -- Elegy / James D. Garrison -- Ballad / Ruth Perry -- Devotional Poetry / Emma Mason -- Lyric / Jennifer Keith -- Translation / Tanya Caldwell -- Imagery / Timothy Erwin -- Metaphor / Blanford Parker -- Allusion / Marcus Walsh -- Irony / Jack Lynch -- Scholarship / Adam Rounce -- Histories / Philip Smallwood -- Reviews / Antonia Forster -- Honors / Daniel J. Ennis. Edited By Jack Lynch. Series Statement From Book Jacket. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. In the most comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the poetry published in Britain between the Restoration and the end of the eighteenth century, 44 authorities from six countries survey the poetry of the age in all its richness and diversity--serious and satirical, public and private, by men and women, nobles and peasants, whether published in deluxe editions or sung on the streets. The contributors discuss poems in social contexts, poetic identities, poetic subjects, poetic form, poetic genres, poetic devices, and criticism. Even experts in eighteenth-century poetry will see familiar poems from new angles and all readers will encounter poems they've never read before. The book is not a chronologically organized literary history, nor an encyclopedia, nor a collection of thematically related essays; rather it is an attempt to provide a systematic overview of these poetic works and to restore it to a position of centrality in modern criticism.