| The New Oxford Book of Seventeenth-Century Verse Contributor(s): Fowler, Alastair (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0199556296 ISBN-13: 9780199556298 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $26.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2008 Annotation: The seventeenth century was a period of remarkable achievement in the field of English poetry: it was the age of Shakespeare, Donne, Marvell, Jonson, Drayton, Herbert, Dryden, and Rochester among others. Alastair Fowler's celebrated anthology maps the terrain afresh, including innumerable and generous selections from all of the century's masterpieces as well as fascinating work by less familiar names. It strikes a balance between Metaphysical wit and intellect and Jonsonian simplicity, while also accommodating hitherto neglected popular verse. The result is a truer, more catholic representation of seventeenth-century verse than any previous anthology |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Poetry | Anthologies (multiple Authors) - Literary Collections | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 821.408 |
| Series: Oxford Books of Prose |
| Physical Information: 2" H x 5" W x 7.6" (1.36 lbs) 880 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The seventeenth century was a period of remarkable achievement in the field of English poetry: it was the age of Shakespeare, Donne, Marvell, Jonson, Drayton, Herbert, Dryden, and Rochester among others. Alastair Fowler's celebrated anthology maps the terrain afresh, including innumerable and generous selections from all of the century's masterpieces as well as fascinating work by less familiar names. It strikes a balance between Metaphysical wit and intellect and Jonsonian simplicity, while also accommodating hitherto neglected popular verse. The result is a truer, more catholic representation of seventeenth-century verse than any previous anthology |