A Companion to Eighteenth–century Poetry
Samenvatting
This broad–ranging Companion offers readers a thorough grounding in both the background and the substance of eighteenth–century poetry in all its rich variety.
Provides an up–to–date and wide–ranging guide to eighteenth–century poetry
Reflects the dramatic transformation which has taken place in the study of eighteenth–century poetry over the past two decades
Opens with a section on contexts, discussing poetry s relationships with patriotism, politics, science, and the visual arts, for example
Discusses poetry by male and female poets from all walks of life
Includes numerous close readings of individual poems, ranging from Pope s The Rape of the Lock to Mary Collier s The Woman s Labour
Includes more provocative contributions on subjects such as rural poetry and the self–taught tradition, British poetry ′beyond the borders′, the constructions of femininity, women as writers and women as readers.
Designed to be used alongside David Fairer and Christine Gerrard s Eighteenth–Century Poetry: An Annotated Anthology, 3rd edition (Wiley Blackwell, 2014)
Specificaties
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<p>Acknowledgments xv</p>
<p>Introduction 1<br />Christine Gerrard</p>
<p>PART I Contexts and Perspectives 5</p>
<p>1 Poetry, Politics, and the Rise of Party 7<br />Christine Gerrard</p>
<p>2 Poetry, Politics, and Empire 23<br />Suvir Kaul</p>
<p>3 Poetry and Science 38<br />Clark Lawlor</p>
<p>4 Poetry and Religion 53<br />Emma Mason</p>
<p>5 Poetic Enthusiasm 69<br />John D. Morillo</p>
<p>6 Poetry and the Visual Arts 83<br />Robert Jones</p>
<p>7 Poetry, Popular Culture, and the Literary Marketplace 97<br />George Justice</p>
<p>8 Women Poets and Their Writing in Eighteenth–Century Britain 111<br />Charlotte Grant</p>
<p>9 Poetry, Sentiment, and Sensibility 127<br />Jennifer Keith</p>
<p>PART II Readings 143</p>
<p>10 John Gay, The Shepherd′s Week 145<br />Mina Gorji</p>
<p>11 Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock and "Eloisa to Abelard" 157<br />Valerie Rumbold</p>
<p>12 Jonathan Swift, the "Stella" Poems 170<br />Ros Ballaster</p>
<p>13 Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Six Town Eclogues and Other Poems 184<br />Isobel Grundy</p>
<p>14 James Thomson, The Seasons 197<br />Christine Gerrard</p>
<p>15 Stephen Duck, The Thresher′s Labour, and Mary Collier, The Woman′s Labour 209<br />John Goodridge</p>
<p>16 Mary Leapor, "Crumble–Hall" 223<br />David Fairer</p>
<p>17 Mark Akenside, The Pleasures of Imagination 237<br />Adam Rounce</p>
<p>18 Samuel Johnson, London and The Vanity of Human Wishes 252<br />David F. Venturo</p>
<p>19 William Collins, "Ode on the Poetical Character" 265<br />John Sitter</p>
<p>20 Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard 277<br />Suvir Kaul</p>
<p>21 Christopher Smart, Jubilate Agno 290<br />Chris Mounsey</p>
<p>22 Oliver Goldsmith, The Deserted Village, and George Crabbe, The Village 303<br />Caryn Chaden</p>
<p>23 William Cowper, The Task 316<br />Freya Johnston</p>
<p>24 Robert Burns, "Tam o′ Shanter" 329<br />Murray Pittock</p>
<p>PART III Forms and Genres 339</p>
<p>25 Rhyming Couplets and Blank Verse 341<br />Richard Bradford</p>
<p>26 Epic and Mock–Heroic 356<br />Richard Terry</p>
<p>27 Verse Satire 369<br />Brean Hammond</p>
<p>28 The Ode 386<br />Margaret M. Koehler</p>
<p>29 The Georgic 403<br />Juan Christian Pellicer</p>
<p>30 The Verse Epistle 417<br />Bill Overton</p>
<p>PART IV Themes and Debates 429</p>
<p>31 The Constructions of Femininity 431<br />Kathryn R. King</p>
<p>32 Whig and Tory Poetics 444<br />Abigail Williams</p>
<p>33 The Classical Inheritance 458<br />David Hopkins</p>
<p>34 Augustanism and Pre–Romanticism 473<br />Thomas Woodman</p>
<p>35 Recovering the Past: Shakespeare, Spenser, and British Poetic Tradition 486<br />Carolyn D. Williams</p>
<p>36 The Pleasures and Perils of the Imagination 500<br />Paul Baines</p>
<p>37 The Sublime 515<br />Shaun Irlam</p>
<p>38 Poetry and the City 534<br />Markman Ellis</p>
<p>39 Cartography and the Poetry of Place 549<br />Rachel Crawford</p>
<p>40 Rural Poetry and the Self–Taught Tradition 563<br />Bridget Keegan</p>
<p>41 Poetry Beyond the English Borders 577<br />Gerard Carruthers</p>
<p>Index 590</p>