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Poetry from 1660 to 1780 : Civil War, restoration, revolution

Duncan Wu
This collection of poetry from 1660-1789 offers readers authoritative texts of the central works of the age. Poets are presented in chronological order, giving readers a sense of how poetry evolved in the period between the restoration of the monarchy and the French Revolution.
Print Book, English, 2002
Blackwell, Oxford, 2002
Anthologie
VI, 183 Seiten.
9780631229810, 9780631229827, 0631229817, 0631229825
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Series Editor's Preface Introduction: Duncan Wu.1. John Milton (1608-1674):Paradise Lost.Book I.Book Ii.2. John Dryden (1631-1700): Absalom And Achitophel:A Poem To The Memory Of Mr Oldham.A Song For St Cecilia's Day.3. John Wilmot, Earl Of Rochester (1647-1680):The Imperfect Enjoyment.A Satyr Against Reason And Mankind.The Disabled Debauchee.Lampoon [On The Women About Town].Signior Dildo.A Satyr On Charles Ii.A Letter From Artemiza In The Town To Chloe In The Country.A Ramble In Saint James's Park.Song ('Fair Cloris In A Pigsty Lay').A Song ('Absent From Thee I Languish Still').4. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745):A Description Of The Morning.A Description Of A City Shower.Strephon And Chloe.The Lady's Dressing Room.A Beautiful Young Nymph Going To Bed.Cassinus And Peter. A Tragical Elegy.Verses On The Death Of Dr Swift, D.S.P.D.5. Alexander Pope (1688-1744):Epistle To Miss Blount, With The Works Of Voiture.The Rape Of The Lock.Eloisa To Abelard.Elegy To The Memory Of An Unfortunate Lady.6. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784):The Vanity Of Human Wishes.7. Thomas Gray (1716-1771):Ode On A Distant Prospect Of Eton College.Sonnet [On The Death Of Mr Richard West].Ode On The Death Of A Favourite Cat.Elegy Written In A Country Church-Yard.8. William Collins (1721-1759):Ode To Fear.Ode To Evening.9. Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774):The Deserted Village, A Poem.Index Of Titles And First Lines.
Based on British literature, 1640-1789: an anthology, ed. by Robert DeMaria Jr