James Sambrook: 2 books
William Cowper
The Task and Selected Other Poems
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Having previously suffered neglect as a result of Pope's dominance of the period, William Cowper (1731-1800) has now become a far more important figure in eighteenth-century literature. Following the successful format of the series, Professor Sambrook's edition consists of a comprehensive, contextual...
The Eighteenth Century
The Intellectual and Cultural Context of English Literature 1700-1789
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
This is an impressive and lucid survey of eighteenth-century intellectual life, providing a real sense of the complexity of the age and of the cultural and intellectual climate in which imaginative literature flourished. It reflects on some of the dominant themes of the period, arguing against such...