Eighteenth-Century Poetry

<p>Currently the definitive text in the field and now available in an expanded third edition, <i>Eighteenth-Century Poetry</i> presents the rich diversity of English poetry from 1700-1800 in authoritative texts and with full scholarly annotation.</p> <ul> <li>Balanced to reflect current interests and “favorites” (including prominent poets like Finch, Swift, Pope, Montagu, Johnson, Gray, Burns, and Cowper) as well as  less familiar material, offering a variety of voices and new directions for research and learning</li> <li>Includes 46 new poems with more texts by women poets and the inclusion of  four additional poets (Mary Barber, Mehetabel Wright, Anna Seward, and Mary Robinson); poems reflecting new ecological approaches to 18th-century literature; and poems on the art of writing</li> <li>Accessible and user-friendly, with generous head notes, full foot-of-page annotations, an expanded thematic index, and a visually appealing text design</li> </ul> <p> </p>