The New Oxford Book of Romantic Period Verse (Oxford Books of Verse) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198604327 ISBN 13: 9780198604327

Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks, 2002

Synopsis

This anthology explores the full range of verse published in Britain between 1785 and 1832, one of the most fertile periods for English poetry. Selections from all the major and minor poets are included, as well as examples of the many other kinds of verse which continued to be written during the period: political and satirical verse, 'sentimental' verse, regional and dialect verse, and verse in translation. Organizing the book by date of first publication, Jerome J. McGann calls attention to the historical and cultural contexts in which the poetry is embedded. Old familiar poems are thrown into new relationships, and traditional views of the poetry of the period challenged.

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Review

Review from previous edition "Maybe Jerome McGann's new volume of Romantic Period verse will attract chief attention through the notice it gives to the women, and justly so. Here is the spirit of that splendid revolutionary age, recalled in its minute details and all its glory."--Times Educational Supplement "there are great things here and some intriguing oddities"--The Observer Review from previous edition "Maybe Jerome McGann's new volume of Romantic Period verse will attract chief attention through the notice it gives to the women, and justly so. Here is the spirit of that splendid revolutionary age, recalled in its minute details and all its glory."--Times Educational Supplement "there are great things here and some intriguing oddities"--The Observer Review from previous edition "Maybe Jerome McGann's new volume of Romantic Period verse will attract chief attention through the notice it gives to the women, and justly so. Here is the spirit of that splendid revolutionary age, recalled in its minute details and all its glory."--Times Educational Supplement "there are great things here and some intriguing oddities"--The Observer Review from previous edition "Maybe Jerome McGann's new volume of Romantic Period verse will attract chief attention through the notice it gives to the women, and justly so. Here is the spirit of that splendid revolutionary age, recalled in its minute details and all its glory."--Times Educational Supplement "there are great things here and some intriguing oddities"--The Observer

About the Author

Jerome J. McGann is John Stewart Bryan Professor of English at the University of Virginia. He has written widely on the Romantic Period and is the editor of Byron's 'Complete Poetical Works' in seven volumes and of the one-volume Oxford Authors 'Byron'. Other publications include 'The Romantic Ideology. A Critical Investigation' (1983), 'Social Values and Poetic Acts' (1987), and 'Towards a Literature of Knowledge' (1989).

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0198604327
• ISBN 13: 9780198604327
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 860
• Editor: McGann Jerome J.