Selected Poems of Thomas Gray, Charles Churchill And William Cowper (Penguin Classics S.) - Softcover

Gray, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140424016 ISBN 13: 9780140424010

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1998

Synopsis

The major 'Pre-Romantics' poets form a vital link between the age of Pope, who died in 1744, and the very different era which opened with the publication of Wordsworth and Coleridge's Lyrical Ballads in 1788. Gray, Churchill and Cowper represent the voice of 'the age of sensibility', which deeply influenced the writers of the Romantic generation even as they reacted against them. In this definitive new edition, the Penguin English Poets makes freshly available a superb selection of their best work.

About this title

About the Author:

Thomas Gray (1716-71) spent most of his life in the colleges of Cambridge and his later years were devoted early English, Icelandic and Celtic verse. He turned down the offer of the laureateship in 1757.
Charles Churchill (1731-64) is best knownas a satirist.
William Cowper (1731-1800) is the most prominent poet of the evangelical revival and the precursor to Wordsworth as a poet of Nature.
Dr Katherine S. H Turner, is a fellow of St Peter's College, Oxford.

Synopsis:

Gray, Churchill and Cowper were the voice of "The Age of Sensibility", which deeply influenced the Romantic writers even as they reacted against them. This text represents a selection of their best work.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0140424016
• ISBN 13: 9780140424010
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240