1st Edition
Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Poetry 1660-1780 (Routledge Revivals)
By Eric Rothstein
Copyright 1981
258 Pages
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Routledge
256 Pages
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Routledge
256 Pages
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Routledge
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Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Poetry 1660-1780, originally published in 1981, considers poetry written between 1660 and 1780, a period which, although largely recovered from its nineteenth-century reputation, still attracts widely varying critical responses. Abandoning the old labels such as ‘neoclassicism’, ‘romanticism’ and ‘sensibility’, the author focuses on descriptions of genres and... Read more
A Note on Texts; Introduction; 1: Restoration and Early Eighteenth-Century Poetry 1660-1720 2. Style 3. The Use of the Past 4. Later Eighteenth-Century Poetry 1720-80 5. Conclusion; Appendix 1 Chronology; Appendix 2 Poets Laureate; Index
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Eric Rothstein
