Kategoria BISAC: Poetry >> European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Sir John Denham (1614/15 1669) Reassessed shines new light on a singular, colourful yet elusive figure of seventeenth-century English letters. Despite his influence as a poet, wit, courtier, exile, politician and surveyor of the king's works, Denham, remains a neglected figure. The original essays in this interdisciplinary collection provide the sustained modern critical attention his life and work merit.

The book both examines for the first time and reassesses important features of Denham's life and reputations: his friendship circles, his role as a political satirist, his religious...

First published in 1995, this title provides the reader with a compendium of useful information for any reader of George Herbert to have at hand. It includes key biographical information, situates the poetry in its historical and cultural context, and, where appropriate, explains theological concepts and traditions which have a direct bearing on the verse. The aim throughout is to enhance understanding and appreciation, without being exhaustive.

A George Herbert Companion will be of most use to general readers and undergraduate students coming to this poetry for the first...

Published originally in 1809-1810, The Friend was revised in 1812, by public demand. In 1818, a three-volume rifacimento appeared in which Coleridge attempted to dispel obscurity, tie up loose threads of reasoning, and provide more mature apercus. Now, in the Collected Works, The Friend has been re-edited to return to Coleridge's 1818 text. His emendations, cuts, and marginal comments noted in six copies of the work, as well as manuscript additions and deletions, have been included as footnotes. The editor's footnotes also elucidate sources and themes and provide...

• An essential guide to reading eighteenth-century poetry, written by world-renowned critic, Patricia Meyer Spacks


• Exposes the multiplicity of forms, tones, and topics engaged by poets during this period


• Provides in-depth analysis of poems by established figures such as Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift, as well as work by less familiar figures, including...

• An essential selection of poetry by the six great Romantic poets.


• Ideal for general readers or for students taking short courses in Romanticism.


• Includes the whole of Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience.


• Gives readers a concise overview of Romantic poetry.

• Distils into one volume the key poems of the Victorian era.
  
• Organised chronologically, allowing readers to perceive continuities and changes through the century.
  
• Includes a general introduction, giving readers an overview of the poets and the period.
  
• Represents texts in their entirety where possible.