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The poetry of the self-taught : an eighteenth-century phenomenon /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Prandi, Julie D., 1951-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Peter Lang, [2008]
Subjects:
English poetry > 18th century > History and criticism.
German poetry > 18th century > History and criticism.
Working class writings, English.
Working class writings, German.
Self-culture in literature.
Working class authors > Great Britain.
Working class authors > Germany.
Comparative literature > English and German.
Comparative literature > German and English.
Table of Contents:
  • Backgrounds of self-taught poets
  • What self-taught means for poetic form
  • The aesthetics of the self-taught
  • Patronage in poetry
  • Analyses of social inequality
  • Winter poems.