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The pleasure of poetry : reading and enjoying British poetry from Donne to Burns

The poetry produced by the English poets of the 17th and 18th centuries is considered among the best ever written. This work takes the readers on a tour of the major works and figures of the period, explaining major themes, devices, styles, language, rhythm, sound, tone, imagery, form, and meaning.
Print Book, English, 2006
Praeger Publishers, Westport, Conn., 2006
Biographies
x, 267 p. ; 25 cm
9780275991371, 0275991377
185457515
Introduction to Reading Poetry John Donne, Poet of Secular and Sacred Love Ben Jonson, Elegist, Satirist, Moralist Robert Herrick, Poet of Time, Love, and Delight George Herbert, Poet and Priest John Milton, Poet of English Puritanism Andrew Marvell, Pastoral Poet of Time and History John Dryden, Poet of the Restoration Jonathan Swift, Satirist, Preacher, and Lover Alexander Pope, Satirist and Moralist Samuel Johnson, Moralist and Satirist Four Eighteenth-Century Poets: Finch, Gray, Goldsmith, Cowper Robert Burns, Singer, Satirist, and Story-teller Epilogue Appendix: Further Reading