...[I]ts eclectic contextual and thematic studies, wonderfully reflective of the current state of the eighteenth-century studies as a discipline, will reveal the period's relationship to poetry in all its complexity and contradiction.

Emrys Jones, King's College London, New Rambler

The best pieces in this volume take account of recent book history, which has transformed our understanding of print culture in the period... Hammond's exemplary account, wide-ranging, insightful, and beautifully written,is one example among many of the riches of this book.

Jane Dar cy (University College, London), Modern Language Review

This title is another addition to the reliable Oxford Handbooks series and once again Oxford University Press has published a library staple... A core collection for university or college libraries supporting English literature programmes. It should also be seriously considered as an excellent addition to the stock of public libraries supporting a poetry collection... This Handbook distinguishes itself through its coverage, presentation and writing style... Even the poet seeking understanding of their heritage, will be extremely well-served by this book.

Linda Kemp (Nottingham Trent University), Reference Reviews volume 31, issue 6.

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these essays are witty, erudite, and enormously helpful to anyone reading or teaching in this area ... This chapter is interesting for literary historians and formalists, but also for those interested in the subtle cultural shifts of the period. Other chapters are similarly gratifying, and I think this will be a useful text for studying the poetry of the eighteenth century.

George E. Haggerty, SEL Studies in English Literature 1500-1900

The Oxford Handbook of British Poetry, 1660-1800 displays scholarship at its communal best

Norma Clarke, Times Literary Supplement

In the most comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the poetry published in Britain between the Restoration and the end of the eighteenth century, forty-four authorities from six countries survey the poetry of the age in all its richness and diversity--serious and satirical, public and private, by men and women, nobles and peasants, whether published in deluxe editions or sung on the streets. The contributors discuss poems in social contexts, poetic identities, poetic subjects, poetic form, poetic genres, poetic devices, and criticism. Even experts in eighteenth-century poetry will see familiar poems from new angles, and all readers will encounter poems they've never read before. The book is not a chronologically organized literary history, nor an encyclopedia, nor a collection of thematically related essays; rather it is an attempt to provide a systematic overview of these poetic works, and to restore it to a position of centrality in modern criticism.
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In the most comprehensive, up-to-date account of the poetry published in Britain between the Restoration and the end of the eighteenth century, a team of leading experts surveys the poetry of the age in all its richness and diversity. They provide a systematic overview, and restore these poetic works to a position of centrality in modern criticism.
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PART I: POEMS IN SOCIAL SETTINGS; PART II: POETIC IDENTITIES; PART III: POETIC SUBJECTS; PART IV: POETIC FORM; PART V: POETIC GENRES; PART VI: POETIC DEVICES; PART VII: CRITICISM
...[I]ts eclectic contextual and thematic studies, wonderfully reflective of the current state of the eighteenth-century studies as a discipline, will reveal the period's relationship to poetry in all its complexity and contradiction.
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An authoritative and comprehensive volume on a fascinating period of British poetry Written by an international team of leading experts Essential reading for anyone interested in the subject Sheds new light on a variety of poetry, from well known writings to obscure and neglected verse
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Jack Lynch is Professor of English at Rutgers University-Newark, and the author or editor of eighteen books, including The Age of Elizabeth in the Age of Johnson and Deception and Detection in Eighteenth-Century Britain. He is co-editor of The Age of Johnson: A Scholarly Annual.
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An authoritative and comprehensive volume on a fascinating period of British poetry Written by an international team of leading experts Essential reading for anyone interested in the subject Sheds new light on a variety of poetry, from well known writings to obscure and neglected verse
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ISBN
9780199600809
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2016
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Oxford University Press
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1518 gr
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253 mm
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183 mm
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48 mm
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U, 05
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Engelsk
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818

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Jack Lynch is Professor of English at Rutgers University-Newark, and the author or editor of eighteen books, including The Age of Elizabeth in the Age of Johnson and Deception and Detection in Eighteenth-Century Britain. He is co-editor of The Age of Johnson: A Scholarly Annual.