About this title: Poetry of Opposition and Revolution is an important new study of the relation between poetry and politics in English literature from Dryden to Wordsworth. Building on his argument in Poetry and the Realm of Politics: Shakespeare to Dryden (also available from OUP), Howard Erskine-Hill reveals that the major tradition of political allusion is not, as has often been argued, that of the political allegory and overtly political poems, but rather a more shifting and less systematic practice, often involving equivocal or multiple reference. Drawing on the revisionist trend in recent historiography, ...
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Description: Fine. 0198121776 NEW/UNREAD! ! ! Text is Clean and Unmarked! --Be Sure to Compare Seller Feedback and Ratings before Purchasing--Has three small black lines on bottom/exterior edge of pages. May have light shelf wear to cover from storage, if any. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780198121770ISBN:0198121776
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 216x138 mm. This book is printed on demand. (allow 1-2 weeks for printing) (284) this is a major study of the relation between poetry and politics from the 1688 revolution to the early years of the ni*n*e*t*eenth century, focusing in particular on the works of dryden, pope, johnson, and wordsworth. building on his argument in poetry and the realm of politics: shakespeare to dryden (also available from oup), howard erskine-hill argues that the major tradition of political ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Clarendon Press, Fairlawn, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780198121770ISBN:0198121776
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. "The relation between poetry and politics in English literature"; black & white illustrations; 272pp. read more
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