Thomas Warton's history of English poetry

Author(s)

• Warton, Thomas
• Fairer, David

Bibliographic Information

Thomas Warton's history of English poetry

with a new introduction by David Fairer

（Cultural formations : the eighteenth century）

Routledge/Thoemmes Press, 1998

[Reprint]

• v. 1
• v. 2
• v. 3

Other Title

The history of English poetry : from the close of the eleventh to the commencement of the eighteenth century

History of English poetry

Note

Originally published: London : Printed for, and sold by J. Dodsley, [etc.] , 1774-1781

In vol. 1: Two dissertations : I. On the origin of romantic fiction in Europe. II. On the introduction of learning into England

In vol. 3: Dissertation : On the gesta romanorum

Includes bibliographical references

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Description and Table of Contents

Description

Thomas Warton's History of English Poetry (1774-81) was the great pioneering work of English literary history. Telling the story from the Norman Conquest to the beginning of the seventeenth century, Warton's volumes gave Britain a first real sense of the full richness of its literary past. For the first time the ^History of English Poetry is being published in as complete a form as possible. Warton never lived to finish the work, and just eighty-eight pages of a fourth volume were left in print when he died. These pages are included in Volume Four of this edition. David Fairer has also provided a substantial Appendix of extra material which consists of: a new transcript of a manuscript "continuation" of the History now at Winchester College; a selection of pages from the surviving proof copies of Volumes Two and Three as corrected for the press; and a facsimile of material from several of Warton's notebooks showing different stages of his work. The whole is completed with William Fillingham's 1806 Index to the History. In his 30,000 word Introduction, David Fairer examines the development of Warton's work through all its stages from manuscript to print, and discusses the nature and significance of it. This is the fullest and most complete edition to be published, and will provide research libraries with a valuable supplement to the original.

Table of Contents

The History of English Poetry [1774-81] 762pp Unfinished Manuscript of Volume 4 [1800] 512pp The Trinity College Warton Manuscript (New Transcription by David Fairer) Warton's annotated pages from Volume 2 616pp Henry Fillingham's Index [1806] 108pp

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA35573608
• ISBN:
  • 0415148715
  • 0415148715
  • 0415148715
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: 4 v.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PR501
  • DC : 821/.009
  • NDC7 : 931.02
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Romances -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Learning and scholarship -- England
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA35573980