The task and selected other poems

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The task and selected other poems

William Cowper ; edited by James Sambrook

Longman, [2002], 1994

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Note

Bibliography: p. 326-328

Includes indexes

"A Pearson Education print on demand edition" -- On cover

"Pearson Education" -- On cover

"First published 1994-- T.p. verso

"Transferred to digital print on demand 2002" -- T.p. verso

Series of original book: Longman annotated texts <BA14185790>

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Having previously suffered neglect as a result of Pope's dominance of the period, William Cowper (1731-1800) has now become a far more important figure in eighteenth-century literature. Following the successful format of the series, Professor Sambrook's edition consists of a comprehensive, contextual editor's introduction together with substantial annotation on the page. The Task (1785) is the principal text discussed together with a selection of Cowper's other poems which cover a wide range of his subjects, moods and styles.

Table of Contents

  • PART 1: Cowper's early life and writings Madness, salvation and Mary Unwin
  • John Newton and "Olney Hymns"
  • madness and reprobation
  • recovery - occasional poems and letters
  • moral satires
  • Lady Austen and light verse
  • "The Task" - a poem of composite order
  • "The Task" - idyllium and georgio
  • "The Task" - philosophical satire
  • "The Task" - baptized philosophy
  • Lady Hesketh and the Homer translation
  • last years
  • Cowper's place PART 2: Early poems On Finding the Heel of a Shoe
  • "Delia, Th'unkindest Girl on Earth"
  • song - "No More Shall Hapless Celia's Ears"
  • Epistle to Robert Lloyd
  • "Doom'd, As I Am, In Solitude to Waste"
  • "Hatred and Vengeance, My Eternal Portion" PART 3: Olney Hymns Walking with God
  • Lovest Thou Me?
  • Praise for the Fountain Opened
  • Jehovah our Righteousness
  • I will Praise the Lord at all Times
  • Light Shining Out of Darkness PART 4: Poems (1782) The Progress of Error (lines 369-416)
  • Truth (lines 131-64)
  • Expostulation (lines 272-389)
  • Hope (lines 663-771)
  • Conversation (505-604)
  • Retirement (365-480)
  • Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk
  • Boadicea - an ode PART 5: Later poems The Diverting History of John Gilpin
  • The Colubriad
  • On the Loss of the Royal George
  • Epitaph on a Hare
  • Sweet Meat has Sour Sauce
  • On The Death of Mrs Throckmorton's Bulfinch
  • On the Recepit of my Mother's Picture out of Norfolk
  • Yardley Oak
  • To Mary
  • The Cast-away PART 6 Translation of Homer "Iliad" I, 1-8
  • "Iliad" XII, 336-97
  • "Odyssey" VII, 134-62.

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  • NCID
    BC06482285
  • ISBN
    • 9780582087279
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London ; New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xii, 333 p.
  • Size
    22 cm
  • Classification
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