The Pleasure of Poetry: Reading and Enjoying British Poetry from Donne to BurnsThe poetry produced by the British poets of the 17th and 18th centuries is considered to be among the best ever written. But many general readers feel intimidated by the language or structure of the poetry, and so tend to shy away from enjoying these poets and their works. Nelson takes readers on a tour of the major works and figures of 17th- and 18th-century British poetry, explaining major themes, devices, styles, language, rhythm, sound, tone, imagery, form, and meaning. Beginning each chapter with a sketch of the poet's life and career, the author then looks at five or six representative works, helping readers understand and appreciate the beauty of poetry itself. |
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... published his only volume of poetry , Hesperides , in 1648. It attracted little notice at the time except perhaps among Royalists , in part because of the civil war , but a number of his poems were reprinted in various collections published ...
... published The Ready and Easy Way to Establish a Free Com- monwealth ( 1660 ) . Milton had served in an official capacity as Secretary for Foreign Tongues in Cromwell's government from 1649 to 1659 , writing let- ters and other documents ...
... published two volumes of Miscellanies in Prose and Verse with Alexander Pope , his good friend and fellow poet . He ... published is called “ A Description of the Morning , " published in The Tatler , a society journal edited by Richard ...
Contents
Introduction to Reading Poetry | 1 |
Poet of Secular and Sacred Love | 19 |
Elegist Satirist and Moralist | 37 |
Copyright | |
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