The Poems of William Cowper: Volume II: 1782-1785Clarendon Press, 1980 - 484 من الصفحات 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. |
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... English version : the end of August 1782 to mid- to late July 1783. Hayley says that the English poem was such a favourite of Cowper's ' that , in a season of depressive illness , he amused him- self by translating it into Latin verse ...
... English version : the end of August 1782 to mid- to late July 1783. Hayley says that the English poem was such a favourite of Cowper's ' that , in a season of depressive illness , he amused him- self by translating it into Latin verse ...
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... English noblemen . The match on Friday last was rode by English jock- eys . ' Cowper's treatment of this episode may have been suggested by a letter from a businessman signing himself ' B. ' , in the Morning Chronicle , 4 Nov. 1783 . We ...
... English noblemen . The match on Friday last was rode by English jock- eys . ' Cowper's treatment of this episode may have been suggested by a letter from a businessman signing himself ' B. ' , in the Morning Chronicle , 4 Nov. 1783 . We ...
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... English Gardens ' ( Miller , Gardener's Dictionary ) . 1. 152. the other tall . The guelder rose , or marsh elder , which may grow to a height of 12 feet or more . Miller recommends it for a Wilderness or other Plantation of flowering ...
... English Gardens ' ( Miller , Gardener's Dictionary ) . 1. 152. the other tall . The guelder rose , or marsh elder , which may grow to a height of 12 feet or more . Miller recommends it for a Wilderness or other Plantation of flowering ...
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