| Warton's History of English Poetry Contributor(s): Fairer, David (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415148715 ISBN-13: 9780415148719 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $2333.44 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 1998 Annotation: This rare manuscript, together with additional text by Warton, annotated proof pages, and a comprehensive index is being published in a single edition for the first time. Thomas Warton's influential history provided the first narrative of English poetry from the Norman Conquest to the early seventeenth century. He left the work unfinished at his death in 1790, with the first three volumes completed, but only a part of the fourth volume printed. These volumes include a valuable introduction by David Fairer which charts the origins, progress, sources and significance of this work, using important new information about Warton's life and writings. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Reference - Philosophy |
| Dewey: 821.009 |
| Series: Cultural Formations: The Eighteenth Century |
| Physical Information: 616 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Thomas Warton's History of English Poetry (1774-81) was the great pioneering work of English literary history. Telling the story from the Norman Conquest to the beginning of the seventeenth century, Warton's volumes gave Britain a first real sense of the full richness of its literary past. For the first time the History of English Poetry is being published in as complete a form as possible. Warton never lived to finish the work, and just eighty-eight pages of a fourth volume were left in print when he died. These pages are included in Volume Four of this edition. David Fairer has also provided a substantial Appendix of extra material which consists of: a new transcript of a manuscript "continuation" of the History now at Winchester College; a selection of pages from the surviving proof copies of Volumes Two and Three as corrected for the press; and a facsimile of material from several of Warton's notebooks showing different stages of his work. The whole is completed with William Fillingham's 1806 Index to the History. In his 30,000 word Introduction, David Fairer examines the development of Warton's work through all its stages from manuscript to print, and discusses the nature and significance of it. This is the fullest and most complete edition to be published, and will provide research libraries with a valuable supplement to the original. |