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Literary Criticism 18th Century

Some Observations on Eighteenth Century Poetry

by (author) David Nichol Smith

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Apr 2019
Category
18th Century, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
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    ISBN
    9781487584610
    Publish Date
    Apr 2019
    List Price
    $20.95

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This study of the poetry of the eighteenth century is written with appropriate clarity, grace, and wit. It does not profess to offer a new estimate, although it does dispel the notions still found at times about the "poetic diction" of Pope and the distinction between "classical" and "romantic" in the poetry of the period. Pope, Dryden, Samuel Johnson, Thomson, and Burns are dealth with perceptively in the three lectures.

 

More than two decades have passed since Professor Nichol Smith delivered these lectures, and the book remains in constant demand. This new edition includes minor amendments.

About the author

DAVID NICHOL SMITH was Merton Professor of English Literature in the University of Oxford at the time of his death in 1962.

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