{"product_id":"new-oxford-book-of-eighteenth-century-verse-paperback","title":"New Oxford Book of Eighteenth-Century Verse - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoger Lonsdale\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHailed as a major event (John Carey, \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e), a major anthology: one of the best that Oxford has ever produced (James Fenton, \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e), the most important anthology in recent years (\u003cem\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/em\u003e), and indispensable (Kingsley Amis), Roger Lonsdales \u003cem\u003eThe New Oxford Book of Eighteenth-Century Verse\u003c\/em\u003e is now available in a stylishly redesigned reissue. No previous anthology has succeeded in illustrating so thoroughly the kinds of verse actually written in the eighteenth century. The familiar tradition is fully represented by selections from such poets as Pope, Swift, Gray, Smart, Goldsmith, Cowper, Burns, and Blake. In addition, the anthology includes verse by many forgotten writers, both men and women, from all levels of society. Although they have never figured in conventional literary history, they wrote humorous, idiosyncratic, and graphic verse about their personal experience and the world around them, in a way that should challenge received ideas about the periods\u003cbr\u003erestraints and inhibitions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoger Lonsdale\u003c\/strong\u003e is Emeritus Fellow of Balliol and former Professor of English at the University of Oxford.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 914\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.65 x 7.61 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 07, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758590132512,"sku":"9780199560721","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/73cf2ebdcb91918abb89ed14b9c993b0_2ab5faee-5666-4e37-9d3f-0b1112dd71e7.webp?v=1780129951","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/new-oxford-book-of-eighteenth-century-verse-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}