The Cambridge Introduction to Eighteenth-Century Poetry

For readers daunted by the formal structures and rhetorical sophistication of eighteenth-century English poetry, this introduction by John Sitter brings the techniques and the major poets of the period 1700-1785 triumphantly to life. Sitter begins by offering a guide to poetic forms ranging from heroic couplets to blank verse, then demonstrates how skilfully male and female poets of the period used them as vehicles for imaginative experience, feelings and ideas. He then provides detailed analyses of individual works by poets from Finch, Swift and Pope, to Gray, Cowper and Barbauld. An approachable introduction to English poetry and major poets of the eighteenth century, this book provides a grounding in poetic analysis useful to students and general readers of literature.

Author: John Sitter
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 10/06/2011
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780521612784

Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2012

About the Author
Sitter, John: - John Sitter is Mary Lee Duda Professor of Literature at the University of Notre Dame.