When completed, this edition will contain about 1300 letters, 1000 of which will be printed from the original MSS. About two-thirds of the letters will contian material that has hitherto been unpublished.

These volumes complete the Oxford English Texts edition of Cowper's poems, and include most of his finest works, from such frequently anthologized short poems as "The Poplar-Field" and "The Retired Cat" to such longer works as "The Cast-Away." Volume II also contains his masterpiece, The Task a reflection on his own life and the England of his day, and one of the most approachable of the great English poems.

When completed, this edition will contain about 1300 letters, 1000 of which will be printed from the original MSS. About two-thirds of the letters will contain material that has hitherto been unpublished.

When completed, this edition will contain about 1300 letters, 1000 of which will be printed from the original MSS. About two-thirds of the letters will contain material that has hitherto been published.

When completed, this edition will contain about 1300 letters, 1000 of which will be printed from the original MSS. About two-thirds of the letters will contain material that has hitherto been unpublished.

Comments on earlier volumes "William Cowper is one of the very greatest of letter-writers in English.... To read them is to be in touch with a mind of civilised humor and a style of healthy clarity.... The completed set will become an indispensable work of scholarship."--Critical Quarterly. Volume V completes this definitive edition of Cowper's letters and prose. It contains a cumulative index for the set.

These volumes complete the Oxford English Texts edition of Cowper's poems, and include most of his finest works, from much-anthologized short poems like "The Poplar-Field" and "The Retired Cat" to longer works such as "The Cast-Away."

Although not a complete bibliography of his poetic work, this delightful compendium comprises a collection of Cowper s most influential and celebrated poems. A worthy addition to any bookshelf and a must-have for both collectors of Cowper and connoisseurs of 18th century poetry, the contents of this classic text were pivotal in shaping and defining English nature poetry genre in the 1700s. One of the great poets of his time, William Cowper was an important figure in the establishment of nature poetry and was one of the main progenitors of Romantic poetry. Hailed as the best modern poet by...

William Cowper's rocky spiritual journey rose to great heights, yet, even to the end of his life, he intermittently descended to abysmal depths of psychological torment and despair. In the throes of his own despondency, Cowper was able to write poems and hymns which then and since have been comforting to others.

In this selection, which includes short poems and extracts from the longer ones, there is ample evidence of the quality of Cowper's faith and of his eye and ear for nature. Indicative of how his life was sustained by writing, these poems reveal his effort to engage in discourse with friends and with the natural world.