Robert Bloomfield, Romanticism and the Poetry of Community

ISBN-13: 9780367887933 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 184 str.

Simon J. White

Opis

Until now, no modern critic has undertaken a full-length study of Robert Bloomfield in the context of the work of other Romantic poets. White's authoritative study demonstrates that Bloomfield's verse was key to the evolution of the lyric and literary ballad and was pivotal in the development of Romanticism. He also shows that, in fashioning a dist

Recenzje

'... an authoritative and illuminating account of a Bloomfield intricately caught up with the culture of his time, its tastes, its prejudices and its politics.' BARS Bulletin and Review

Spis treści

Contents: Introduction; The Farmer's Boy, The Prelude and the poetics of rural life; The romantic ballad and labouring-class culture; The romantic lyric and the lyric of labour; Betwixt and between patrons, publishers and readers; 'History from below' on The Banks of [the] Wye; Community labour and poetry in May Day with the Muses; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

O autorze

Simon J. White is a Lecturer in Romantic Literature in the Department of English at Oxford Brookes University, UK.