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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... satire to high art . The title literally means " son of Flecknoe , " referring to another , even more minor playwright of the time . In this poem Dryden imagines a coronation scene in which the current ruler of the land of Nonsense ...
... satire , done in the way it should be , which Dryden himself described , in his “ Dis- course on Satire , " as quite different from " the slovenly butchering of a man " ( with names and insults ) , but with , instead , " the fineness of ...
... Satire ( 1988 ) . The Formal Strain : Studies in Augustan Imitation and Satire ( 1969 ) . SOME ANTHOLOGIES OF SEVENTEENTH- AND EIGHTEENTH - CENTURY POETRY Eighteenth - Century English Literature , ed . Geoffrey Tillotson , Paul Fussell ...
Contents
Introduction to Reading Poetry | 1 |
Poet of Secular and Sacred Love | 19 |
Elegist Satirist and Moralist | 37 |
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The Pleasure of Poetry: Reading and Enjoying British Poetry from Donne to Burns Nicolas H. Nelson No preview available - 2006 |