The Eighteenth-Century British Verse Epistle

The Eighteenth-Century British Verse Epistle
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 313
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ISBN-10 : 9780230593466
ISBN-13 : 0230593461
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Download or read book The Eighteenth-Century British Verse Epistle written by B. Overton and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-10-23 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to cover the whole range of epistolary verse in the period, including the discursive type favoured by Pope and the familiar and dramatic epistles. It advances a new model for defining the form, demonstrates the form's importance in the period, and pays attention to non-canonical epistles by women and labouring-class writers.


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