1st Edition
The Donna Angelica and the British Enlightenment Poets Six Studies from Butler to Crabbe
By A.D. Cousins
Copyright 2025
176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
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The aim of the book is to propose new interpretations of poets who are among the most valued and discussed in the British Enlightenment. In fulfilling its aim, the book covers English poetry—and intellectual history—from the Restoration to the later eighteenth century. It examines how the myth of the donna angelica (the angelic lady), ancient in origin but given its best-known form within the... Read more
1. Introduction
2. Samuel Butler: Hudibras and the Lady
3. The Donna Angelica in John Dryden’s ‘To the Lady Castlemaine’ and Other Writings, Chiefly to Patronesses
4. Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift: Belinda, and the Unfortunate Lady; Celia, Chloe, and Stella
5. Samuel Johnson: Stella, Irene and Aspasia
6. George Crabbe. The Library and The Village: Old Myths Made New; Old Myths Abandoned
7. Afterword
Index
Biography
A.D. Cousins is Emeritus Professor of English at Macquarie University. He is the author or co-author of many books on early modern British literature and culture.
