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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Alastair Fowler |
ISBN: | 9780199556298 0199556296 |
OCLC Number: | 234297362 |
Notes: | Originally published: 1991. |
Description: | xlv, 831 pages ; 20 cm |
Other Titles: | Seventeenth century verse |
Responsibility: | edited by Alastair Fowler. |
Abstract:
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. This anthology maps the terrain afresh, including innumerable masterpieces as well as fascinating work by less familiar names.
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Review from previous edition The best thing about this stimulating and enjoyable book is the serendipity of coming across previously unknown delights. * The Economist * Fowler has cast his net widely, more widely than his predecessors, and to good effect. * London Review of Books * well worth putting on your Christmas list, for the sake of the many fine and otherwise neglected poets he has chosen * The Independent Weekend * Read more...
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