Poetry and the making of the English literary past, 1660-1781 /

Exploring how the English literary past was made, this book charts how antiquarians have unearthed the raw materials of the British tradition and how critics assigned the leading writers to canons of literary greatness.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Terry, Richard (Richard G.)
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Exploring how the English literary past was made, this book charts how antiquarians have unearthed the raw materials of the British tradition and how critics assigned the leading writers to canons of literary greatness.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vii, 354 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 328-344) and index.
ISBN:9780191718557
0191718556