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"Eighteenth–Century Poetry: An Annotated Anthology is simply the best or even the only eighteenth–century poetry anthology to use in undergraduate and graduate survey courses. The annotation is rich and detailed, the headnotes and introductory matter are superb and the selections wisely chosen. This is an edition that I treasure." John Richetti, University of Pennsylvania <!––end––>
"This is one of those rare books that reshapes and reanimates a field of inquiry. Fairer and Gerrard know their subject as well as anyone, and this anthology gives us all the benefit of their erudition, insight and critical tact." John Sitter, Emory University
"The volume, handsomely produced, is annotated economically, with a sure instinct for what a reader will find puzzling, whilst the head notes are compact, informative and lucid. The balance of the famous and the obscure is perfectly struck." English Studies
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The second edition of this popular anthology reveals the rich variety of poetry produced in the period 1700–1800.
- New edition of this popular anthology of eighteenth–century poetry.
- Reveals the rich variety of poetry produced in this period.
- Traditionally prominent authors, such as Pope, Swift, Burns and Cowper, are represented alongside lesser–known writers, particularly women.
- For the second edition, the political and satirical content of the anthology has been strengthened with the inclusion of poems such as Charles Churchill’s Night, Samuel Johnson’s London and Swift’s A Satirical Elegy on a Late Famous General.
- The revised edition includes material by two new women poets, Martha Sansom and Sarah Dixon.
- The editors continue to draw out interesting links between poems, and especially between male and female poets.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you are new to 18th century poetry then this anthology is an excellent introduction to the extraordinary range of topics and styles embraced by 18th century poets. My particular favourites are Crumble Hall by kitchen maid Mary Leapor (1722-1746) Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard by Cambridge educated Thomas Gray and The Deserted Village by Oliver Goldsmith. Many of the texts are given detailed readings in the excellent companion textbook: A Companion to Eighteenth-Century Poetry (Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture)
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Interesting but occasionally frustrating anthology
26 Feb 2000
Format:Paperback
Good anthologies of eighteenth-century poetry are hard to come by, so when I taught a course on the subject I naturally leaped at this book. But while its coverage is admirable, reflecting new interest in both women poets (Leapor, Barbauld, Seward) and underread male poets (Chatterton, Dyer, Parnell), the book nevertheless was difficult to teach. Annotation and historical backgroud proved inadequate even for advanced English majors, particularly given the classics-heavy subject matter. Too, some editorial policies proved frustrating, particularly the decision to delete or sharply abridge the original footnotes from Gay's *The Shepherd's Week* and Pope's *The Dunciad*--omissions that fatally obscure both poems' satiric intentions. Nevertheless, the emphasis on full-length poems over excerpts is welcome (one area in which the book notably improves on its primary competition, Lonsdale's two Oxford anthologies). It's hardly a bad book--quite the contrary--but it could stand some thoughtful revision.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
The best of its kind
3 Jun 2009
Format:Paperback
I've been teaching 18th and 19th century poetry courses for a few years and this anthology is the best I've found. The editorial choices favor the canon, as an anthology should. Many full texts of major poems are included, but so are texts of poems often overlooked but vital to a comprehensive survey. There are long excerpts of Thompson's The Seasons, for example, which very few anthologies think to include because it is a somewhat mind-numbing read and *hard* to teach to undergraduates; it is by far one of the most important poems of the early c18 decades. Because the anthology accounts for both a poem's initial reception and its teachability, it surpasses the competition.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Reshaping the Eighteenth-Century Canon
10 Jun 2003
Format:Paperback
In Eighteenth-Century Poetry: An Annotated Anthology, David Fairer and Christine Gerrard have created an important portable library. The contents have been organized in a variety of useful ways (chronologically as well as thematically) and insightfully selected to cover a range of voices and topics. The annotations stand up to repeated readings; the scholarship displays a rare mixture of subtlety and depth of knowledge. Although it is an invaluable teaching tool for undergraduates, I keep it on my desk as an accessible and meticulously accurate reference resource. There is no finer work of its kind.
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