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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
BRITISH POETRY AND THE REVOLUTIONARY AND NAPOLEONIC WARS: VISIONS OF CONFLICT BRITISH POETRY AND THE REVOLUTIONARY AND NAPOLEONIC WARS: VISIONS OF CONFLICT SIMON BAINBRIDGE ix, 259 pages ; 23 cm OL13615082W
The Cambridge introduction to British romantic poetry The Cambridge introduction to British romantic poetry Michael Ferber "The best way to learn about Romantic poetry is to plunge in and read a few Romantic poems. This book guides the new reader through this experience, focusing on canonical authors - Wordsworth, Coleri… OL16464940W
Poetic Sisters Poetic Sisters Deborah Kennedy In Poetic Sisters: Early Eighteenth-Century Women Poets, Deborah Kennedy explores the personal and literary connections among five early eighteenth-century women poets: Anne Finch, Countess of Winchi… OL16815734W
The Poetic Wonder of Isaac Watts The Poetic Wonder of Isaac Watts Douglas Bond Isaac Watts (1674-1748) is known to history as "the father of English hymnody." In his lifetime, he wrote some 750 hymns, including "Joy to the World" and "When I survey the Wondrous Cross." Today, h… OL17043318W
Poetry as an occupation and an art in Britain, 1760-1830 Poetry as an occupation and an art in Britain, 1760-1830 Peter T. Murphy This is a great literary criticism work. It serves as an excellent companion to An Duanaire 1600-1900: Poems of the Dispossessed. It oozes historical significance. Rather than fall into the pitfall o… OL4305825W
Balladeering, minstrelsy, and the making of British romantic poetry Balladeering, minstrelsy, and the making of British romantic poetry Maureen N. McLane "This is a new history and theory of British poetry between 1760 and 1830, focusing on the relationship between Romantic poetry and the production, circulation and textuality of ballads. By discussin… OL549750W