The Poems of William Cowper: Volume II: 1782-1785

By:

William Cowper

Format:

Hardback

Series:

Oxford English Texts

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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.

Release date Australia

December 28th, 1995

Author

William Cowper

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Contributors

Edited by Charles Ryskamp
Edited by John D Baird

Illustrations

some musical settings

Pages

484

Series

Oxford English Texts

Dimensions

145x225x34

ISBN-13

9780198123392

Product ID

1993820

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