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Dictionary of Literary Biography Ser.: Eighteenth-Century British Poets by Susan Trosky (1991, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCengage GALE
ISBN-100810345897
ISBN-139780810345898
eBay Product ID (ePID)1638360
Product Key Features
Number of Pages328 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameEighteenth-Century British Poets
Publication Year1991
SubjectRéférence, Poetry, Literary, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
TypeTextbook
AuthorSusan Trosky
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography
SeriesDictionary of Literary Biography Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight43.2 Oz
Item Length11.1 in
Item Width8.4 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number2
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN91-019801
Series Volume Number109
IllustratedYes
SynopsisA collection of biographical and critical essays on British poets of the 18th century. The main essay on each poet provides a chronological discussion of the author's life, works and critical reception., The later part of 18th century was both an era of rapid change and political stagnation, a period marked by great shifts in population, technological and agricultural advances, industrialization and transformations of social organization and modes of daily life. But political institutions did not generally keep pace with these dramatic changes. The perception of living in a time of rapid movement in some areas and relative immobility in others seems to have led to anxious nostalgia as well as to eager experimentation in the arts. The poets discussed in this volume were all born after the death of Queen Anne in August 1714. During their careers, urbanization and increasing literacy were making authorship less direct and audiences more anonymous. They expressed nostalgia in their writing through the mists of medievalism and through folk traditions of simpler times. Much of their work hints at a particular historical longing for simple community and unmediated expression. There is a general heightening of interest in lyric poetry throughout the period. 24 entries include: James Beattie, Robert Burns, Elizabeth Carter, Thomas Chatterton, William Cowper, James Macpherson, Hannah More, Christopher Smart, Charlotte Smith, Joseph Warton, William Whitehead and Ann Yearsley.
LC Classification NumberPR551.E36 1991
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