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Companion to British Poetry, 17th and 18th Centuries provides an accessible, student-friendly reference within a four-volume set covering British poetry from beginnings to the present. It explains how entries are selected—from major poets and widely taught poems to less popular works chosen for historical, cultural, or aesthetic significance—and how topics, genres, forms, movements, and groups are handled. The introduction also clarifies quotation practices, line-numbering, and editorial choices, including block quotes and slash-separated shorter excerpts.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLiterature

FormatPDF

Pages497

Reading Time12 h 45 min

AccessFree to download

Introduction

How to Use This Book

A-to-Z Entries

Appendix I: Glossary

Appendix II: Selected Bibliography

Index

| THE FACTS ON FILE | | --- | | C O M P A N I O N T O | BRITISH POETRY 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES CD VIRGINIA BRACKETT The Facts On File Companion to British Poetry, 17th and 18th Centuries Copyright © 2008 by Virginia Brackett All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher. For information contact: Facts On File, Inc. An imprint of Infobase Publishing 132 West 31st Street New York NY 10001 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The Facts On File companion to British poetry, 17th and 18th-centuries / [edited by] Virginia Brackett. [p. cm](p. cm). Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-8160-6328-4 (acid-free paper) 1. English poetry—Early modern, 1500–1700. 2. English poetry—18th century. I. Brackett, Virginia. II. Facts on File, Inc. III. Title: Companion to British poetry, 17th and 18th-centuries. PR1209 .F27 2008 821'.409—dc22 2007026937 Facts On File books are available at special discounts when purchased in bulk quantities for businesses, associations, institutions, or sales promotions. Please call our Special Sales Department in New York at (212) 967-8800 or (800) 322-8755. You can find Facts On File on the World Wide Web at [http://www.factsonfile.com](http://www.factsonfile.com) [Text design adapted by James Scotto-Lavino](Text design adapted by James Scotto-Lavino)[ ](Text design adapted by James Scotto-Lavino)Cover design by Salvatore Luongo Printed in the United States of America VB Hermitage 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 This book is printed on acid-free paper and contains 30 percent postconsumer recycled content. CONTENTS CD INTRODUCTION v A-TO-Z ENTRIES 1 APPENDIXES I. GLOSSARY 468 II. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 472 INDEX 475 ii_BritishPoetry1718_fm. iniv iv 3/5/08 11:46 INTRODUCTION CD HOW TO USE THIS BOOK The Facts On File Companion to British Poetry, 17th and 18th Centuries takes its place within a four-volume seton British poetry from the beginnings to the present. As the other volumes do, this one considers British poetry to include that written by English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh poets. Entries address a number of topics, including poets, individual poems, themes important to the period’s poetry (such as carpe diem), genres and forms important in the period (such asthe elegy, aubade, and ballad), and poetic groups and movements (including the Cavalier poets and the Tribe of Ben) . The selection of poets and poems covered in the volume was based on their appearance in highschool and college anthologies and textbooks. In addition, other less popular poems were chosen for their historical, cultural, or aesthetic significance. Entries avoid difficult jargon, making this work accessible to students of literature and general readers, but the aim of this book is to provide not only basic information but also appropriate critical commentary. The 17th and 18th centuries were a particularly fruitful time for poetry, but not all of the impressive poems of the period could be included here. Readers will, however, find generous, although not comprehensive, selections by all of the better known poets of these centuries, such as Ben Jonson, John Milton, John Donne, John Dryden, George Herbert, Alexander Pope, and Jonathan Swift. Their notable contemporaries are also included, though not quite as extensively. As for the time frame covered by this volume, the work of some poets spills from the end of the 18th century into the 19th century and the beginning of the Victorian age, reflecting the influences and conflict of their day. Arbitrarily designed periods and labels are useful insetting boundaries for reference works. However, they do little to confine poets and their thoughts; thus a smattering of poems published

FAQs

What kinds of entries are included in the A-to-Z sections?

Entries cover poets, individual poems, important themes, key genres and forms, and poetic groups and movements from the period.

How were poets and poems selected for this volume?

Selection relied on their presence in common anthologies and textbooks, supplemented by other less popular poems chosen for historical, cultural, or aesthetic significance.

How does the book handle quotations and line references?

Quotations keep original spellings when they do not hinder understanding; shorter quotes use slashes to separate lines, longer or emphasized passages appear in block form. Line-number references are used for longer poems, and shorter ones may not list every line number.

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