Eighteenth-Century Poetry

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Currently the definitive text in the field and now available inan expanded third edition, Eighteenth-Century Poetrypresents the rich diversity of English poetry from 1700-1800 inauthoritative texts and with full scholarly annotation. * Balanced to reflect current interests and"favorites" (including prominent poets like Finch,Swift, Pope, Montagu, Johnson, Gray, Burns, and Cowper) as wellas less familiar material, offering a variety of voices andnew directions for research and learning * Includes 46 new poems with more texts by women poets and theinclusion of four additional poets (Mary Barber, MehetabelWright, Anna Seward, and Mary Robinson); poems reflecting newecological approaches to 18th-century literature; and poems on theart of writing * Accessible and user-friendly, with generous head notes, fullfoot-of-page annotations, an expanded thematic index, and avisually appealing text design

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David Fairer

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18th Century English Literature Englische Literatur / 18. Jhd. Literary Criticism & History Literatur Literature Literaturgeschichte Literaturkritik u. -geschichte Literaturwissenschaft Lyrik Poetry

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"Fairer and Gerrard's third edition ofEighteenth-Century Poetry: An Annotated Anthology is simplythe one and only anthology to use when teaching18th-Century British Poetry. The selections arejudicious but wide-ranging, offering readers the traditionalcanonical figures as well as newly-recuperated poets, both male andfemale. The annotations are superbly informative and authoritative.Bravissimo!" --John Richetti, University ofPennsylvania "This anthology has already set the standard forpresenting eighteenth-century poetry as accessible, historicallyembedded, and relevant to contemporary debates. Its new editioncontinues in this tradition, with Fairer and Gerrard responding toand anticipating the newest conversations around gender, materialand popular culture. Eighteenth-Century Poetry: An AnnotatedAnthology is staying on my desk." --ChristinaLupton, Warwick University "Fairer and Gerrard's third edition ofEighteenth-Century Poetry: An Annotated Anthology is simplythe one and only anthology to use when teaching18th-Century British Poetry. The selections arejudicious but wide-ranging, offering readers the traditionalcanonical figures as well as newly-recuperated poets, both male andfemale. The annotations are superbly informative and authoritative.Bravissimo!". John Richetti, University ofPennsylvania
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