Author: William CowperPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 528
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Poems, by William Cowper, in Two Volumes
The Poems of William Cowper: Volume II: 1782-1785
Author: William CowperPublisher: Oxford : Clarendon Press
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
This volume includes some of Cowper's finest works, among them such well-known short poems as `The Poplar-Field', `Epitaph on a Hare', `On the Loss of the Royal George' (here restored to the form in which Cowper wrote it, and accompanied by the music for which it was written), and `The Diverting History of John Gilpin' which, two years after its first anonymous publication in a newspaper, suddenly achieved huge popularity in a series of public readings. It also contains Cowper's masterpiece, The Task - one of the most approachable of the great English poems. Cowper's blank verse is a supple instrument, capable of every effect, from the parody-georgic on the growing of cucumbers to the visionary conclusion of Book VI. At the centre of the poem stands the poet himself, presented with wry humour and deep poignancy. The texts are based on manuscripts as well as early editions of the poetry, and are supplied with textual annotation and commentary. In the case of The Task, this is the first fully annotated edition for over a hundred years; its commentary relates the poem to the period in which it was written more fully than any previous edition.
Poems by William Cowper in Two Volumes, 2
Author: William CowperPoems
Author: William CowperPoems by William Cowper in Two Volumes, 1
Author: William CowperPoems by William Cowper, 2
Author: William CowperPoems, By William Cowper, Esq. Of The Inner Temple, In Two Volumes
Author: William CowperPoems
Author: William CowperPublisher:
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Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Author: William Cowper
Author: William Cowper