商品簡介
Essays on the works and lives of 25 poets who wrote and published in the 18th century, some famous and familiar (Defoe, Gay, Johnson, Pope, Prior), some less known, and some (women) only recently recovered thanks to the impetus of feminist criticism and the new social history. Includes primary and secondary bibliographies and the wonderful variety of illustrative materials characteristic of the series. A companion volume, Second series , is scheduled for publication in 1991. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.