'Eighteenth-Century Poetry: An Annotated Anthology' reveals the rich variety of poetry produced in the period 17001800. The work of traditionally prominent authors, such as Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift, Robert Burns and William Cowper, is presented alongside pieces by lesser-known writers, particularly women, including Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Mary Jones, Ann Yearsley, Sarah Egerton and Mary Collier. All the poems have full foot-of-page annotations and generous headnotes.
For the second edition, the political and satirical content of the anthology has been strengthened, with the inclusion of poems such as Charles Churchills 'Night', Samuel Johnsons 'London' and Swifts 'A Satirical Elegy on a Late Famous General'. The revised edition also features work by two new women poets, Martha Fowke and Sarah Dixon. The editors continue to draw out interesting links between the poems, and especially between male and female poets.
Reviews:
Eighteenth-Century Poetry: An Annotated Anthology' is simply the best or even the only eighteenth-century poetry anthology to use in undergraduate and graduate survey courses. The annotation is rich and detailed, the headnotes and introductory matter are superb and the selections wisely chosen. This is an edition that I treasure.' 'John Richetti, University of Pennsylvania'
This is one of those rare books that reshapes and reanimates a field of inquiry. Fairer and Gerrard know their subject as well as anyone, and this anthology gives us all the benefit of their erudition, insight and critical tact.' 'John Sitter, Emory University
The volume, handsomely produced, is annotated economically, with a sure instinct for what a reader will find puzzling, whilst the head notes are compact, informative and lucid. The balance of the famous and the obscure is perfectly struck.' 'English Studies'
Table of contents:
Selected Contents By Theme
Alphabetical List Of Authors
Chronology Of Events And Poetic Landmarks
Introduction
Preface To The Second Edition
Editorial Procedures
Text
Acknowledgements
John Pomfret (1667-1702)
The Choice
John Philips (1676-1709)
The Splendid Shilling
Sarah Egerton (1670-1723)
The Liberty
On My Leaving London
To One Who Said I Must Not Love
The Emulation
Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
The Adventurous Muse
Ambrose Philips (1674-1748)
A Winter-Piece
Anne Finch (1661-1720)
The Spleen
Upon The Hurricane
A Nocturnal Reverie
To The Nightingale
A Sigh
The Agreeable
John Gay (1685-1732)
Friday; Or, The Dirge
Trivia, Book II
Thomas Parnell (1679-1718)
An Elegy, To An Old Beauty
A Night-Piece On Death
Oft Have I Read
Matthew Prior (1664-1721)
For His Own Epitaph
An Epitaph
The Lady's Looking-Glass
Non Pareil
On A Pretty Madwoman
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
A Description Of The Morning'
A Description Of A City Shower'
Stella's Birthday, 1721'
Stella's Birthday, 1727'
A Beautiful Young Nymph Going To Bed'
The Ladys Dressing-Room
A Satirical Elegy On A Late Famous General
Verses On The Death Of Dr Swift
Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
Windsor-Forest The Rape Of The Lock
Eloisa To Abelard
Epistle To Burlington
Epistle To A Lady
Epistle To Dr Arbuthnot
The Dunciad. 1743, Book 1
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762)
Saturday. The Small-Pox'
Epistle From Arthur Gray The Footman'
The Lover: A Ballad'
An Epistle To Lord Bathurst'
Verses Address'd To The Imitator Of Horace (With Lord Hervey)'
Verses On Self-Murder'
A Hymn To The Mood
Aaron Hill (1685-1750)
Bellaria, At Her Spinnet'
Whitehall Stairs'
The Singing-Bird'
Alone, In An Inn, At Southampton
Richard Savage (C.1697-1743)
The Bastard
Unconstant
Martha Fowke (1689-1736)
The Innocent Inconstant'
The Invitation From A Country Cottage'
On Lady Chudleigh'
Clio's Picture
James Thomson (1700-1748)
Spring
John Dyer (1699-1757)
Grongar Hill
The Fleece, Book 3
Stephen Duck (1705?-1756)
The Thresher's Labour
Mary Collier (1690?-C.1762)
The Woman's Labour
Sarah Dixon (171-1765)
Strephon To The River'
The Return'd Heart'
To The Muse'
From A Sheet Of Gilt Paper. To Cloe'
Lines Occasion'd By The Burning Of Some Letters
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
London
On The Death Of Dr Robert Levet
Mary Jones (1707-1778)
An Epistle To Lady Bowyer
Of Desire
After The Small Pox
Mary Leapor 'Dorinda At Her Glass'
An Epistle To A Lady'
The Enquiry'
Man The Monarch'
An Epistle To Artemisia'
Crumble-Hall
Mary Leapor (1722-1746)
Dorinda At Her Glass'
An Epistle To A Lady'
The Enquiry'
Man The Monarch'
An Epistle To Artemisia'
Crumble-Hall'
Mira's Picture
Mark Akenside (1721-1770)
The Pleasures Of Imagination. 1744, Book 1
Thomas Gray (1716-1771)
Ode On The Spring
Sonnet On The Death Of Richard West
Ode On A Distant Prospect Of Eton College
Ode On The Death Of A Favourite Cat
Elegy Written In A Country Church Yard
The Progress Of Poesy
The Bard
William Collins (1721-1759)
Ode On The Poetical Character
Ode To Evening
The Passions.
An Ode For Music
Joseph Warton (1722-1800)
The Enthusiast: Or The Lover Of Nature
Ode To Evening
The Dying India
Thomas Warton (1728-1790)
The Pleasures Of Melancholy
Ode Written At Vale-Royal Abbey
Sonnet: To The River Lodon
Verses On Sir Joshua Reynold's Painted Window
Robert Lloyd (1733-1764)
The Cit's Country Box
Charles Churchill (1731-1764)
Night
Christopher Smart (1722-1771)
My Cat Jeoffry'
A Song To David
On A Bed Of Guernsey Lilies
James Macpherson (1736-1796)
Fragments Of Ancient Poetry: 7 - 8
Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770)
Mynstrelles Songe, From Ælla
Stay, Curyous Traveller'
An Excelente Balade Of Charitie
Oliver Goldsmith (?1730-1774)
The Deserted Village
George Crabbe (1754-1832)
The Village, Book 1
Ann Yearsley (1753-1806)
To Stella; On A Visit To Mrs Montagu
On Mrs Montagu
Clifton Hill
To Mr ****, An Unlettered Poet
Robert Burns (1759-1796)
The Vision
To A Mouse
To A Louse
Holy Willie's Prayer
Tam o'Shanter
Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743-1825)
Corsica
A Summer Evening's Meditation
To Mr Barbauld
The Rights Of Woman
To A Little Invisible Being
To Mr Coleridge
William Cowper (1731-1800)
Hatred And Vengeance
The Task, Book 1
Yardley Oak
On The Ice-Islands
The Cast-Away
Bibliography
For the second edition, the political and satirical content of the anthology has been strengthened, with the inclusion of poems such as Charles Churchills 'Night', Samuel Johnsons 'London' and Swifts 'A Satirical Elegy on a Late Famous General'. The revised edition also features work by two new women poets, Martha Fowke and Sarah Dixon. The editors continue to draw out interesting links between the poems, and especially between male and female poets.
Reviews:
Eighteenth-Century Poetry: An Annotated Anthology' is simply the best or even the only eighteenth-century poetry anthology to use in undergraduate and graduate survey courses. The annotation is rich and detailed, the headnotes and introductory matter are superb and the selections wisely chosen. This is an edition that I treasure.' 'John Richetti, University of Pennsylvania'
This is one of those rare books that reshapes and reanimates a field of inquiry. Fairer and Gerrard know their subject as well as anyone, and this anthology gives us all the benefit of their erudition, insight and critical tact.' 'John Sitter, Emory University
The volume, handsomely produced, is annotated economically, with a sure instinct for what a reader will find puzzling, whilst the head notes are compact, informative and lucid. The balance of the famous and the obscure is perfectly struck.' 'English Studies'
Table of contents:
Selected Contents By Theme
Alphabetical List Of Authors
Chronology Of Events And Poetic Landmarks
Introduction
Preface To The Second Edition
Editorial Procedures
Text
Acknowledgements
John Pomfret (1667-1702)
The Choice
John Philips (1676-1709)
The Splendid Shilling
Sarah Egerton (1670-1723)
The Liberty
On My Leaving London
To One Who Said I Must Not Love
The Emulation
Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
The Adventurous Muse
Ambrose Philips (1674-1748)
A Winter-Piece
Anne Finch (1661-1720)
The Spleen
Upon The Hurricane
A Nocturnal Reverie
To The Nightingale
A Sigh
The Agreeable
John Gay (1685-1732)
Friday; Or, The Dirge
Trivia, Book II
Thomas Parnell (1679-1718)
An Elegy, To An Old Beauty
A Night-Piece On Death
Oft Have I Read
Matthew Prior (1664-1721)
For His Own Epitaph
An Epitaph
The Lady's Looking-Glass
Non Pareil
On A Pretty Madwoman
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
A Description Of The Morning'
A Description Of A City Shower'
Stella's Birthday, 1721'
Stella's Birthday, 1727'
A Beautiful Young Nymph Going To Bed'
The Ladys Dressing-Room
A Satirical Elegy On A Late Famous General
Verses On The Death Of Dr Swift
Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
Windsor-Forest The Rape Of The Lock
Eloisa To Abelard
Epistle To Burlington
Epistle To A Lady
Epistle To Dr Arbuthnot
The Dunciad. 1743, Book 1
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762)
Saturday. The Small-Pox'
Epistle From Arthur Gray The Footman'
The Lover: A Ballad'
An Epistle To Lord Bathurst'
Verses Address'd To The Imitator Of Horace (With Lord Hervey)'
Verses On Self-Murder'
A Hymn To The Mood
Aaron Hill (1685-1750)
Bellaria, At Her Spinnet'
Whitehall Stairs'
The Singing-Bird'
Alone, In An Inn, At Southampton
Richard Savage (C.1697-1743)
The Bastard
Unconstant
Martha Fowke (1689-1736)
The Innocent Inconstant'
The Invitation From A Country Cottage'
On Lady Chudleigh'
Clio's Picture
James Thomson (1700-1748)
Spring
John Dyer (1699-1757)
Grongar Hill
The Fleece, Book 3
Stephen Duck (1705?-1756)
The Thresher's Labour
Mary Collier (1690?-C.1762)
The Woman's Labour
Sarah Dixon (171-1765)
Strephon To The River'
The Return'd Heart'
To The Muse'
From A Sheet Of Gilt Paper. To Cloe'
Lines Occasion'd By The Burning Of Some Letters
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
London
On The Death Of Dr Robert Levet
Mary Jones (1707-1778)
An Epistle To Lady Bowyer
Of Desire
After The Small Pox
Mary Leapor 'Dorinda At Her Glass'
An Epistle To A Lady'
The Enquiry'
Man The Monarch'
An Epistle To Artemisia'
Crumble-Hall
Mary Leapor (1722-1746)
Dorinda At Her Glass'
An Epistle To A Lady'
The Enquiry'
Man The Monarch'
An Epistle To Artemisia'
Crumble-Hall'
Mira's Picture
Mark Akenside (1721-1770)
The Pleasures Of Imagination. 1744, Book 1
Thomas Gray (1716-1771)
Ode On The Spring
Sonnet On The Death Of Richard West
Ode On A Distant Prospect Of Eton College
Ode On The Death Of A Favourite Cat
Elegy Written In A Country Church Yard
The Progress Of Poesy
The Bard
William Collins (1721-1759)
Ode On The Poetical Character
Ode To Evening
The Passions.
An Ode For Music
Joseph Warton (1722-1800)
The Enthusiast: Or The Lover Of Nature
Ode To Evening
The Dying India
Thomas Warton (1728-1790)
The Pleasures Of Melancholy
Ode Written At Vale-Royal Abbey
Sonnet: To The River Lodon
Verses On Sir Joshua Reynold's Painted Window
Robert Lloyd (1733-1764)
The Cit's Country Box
Charles Churchill (1731-1764)
Night
Christopher Smart (1722-1771)
My Cat Jeoffry'
A Song To David
On A Bed Of Guernsey Lilies
James Macpherson (1736-1796)
Fragments Of Ancient Poetry: 7 - 8
Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770)
Mynstrelles Songe, From Ælla
Stay, Curyous Traveller'
An Excelente Balade Of Charitie
Oliver Goldsmith (?1730-1774)
The Deserted Village
George Crabbe (1754-1832)
The Village, Book 1
Ann Yearsley (1753-1806)
To Stella; On A Visit To Mrs Montagu
On Mrs Montagu
Clifton Hill
To Mr ****, An Unlettered Poet
Robert Burns (1759-1796)
The Vision
To A Mouse
To A Louse
Holy Willie's Prayer
Tam o'Shanter
Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743-1825)
Corsica
A Summer Evening's Meditation
To Mr Barbauld
The Rights Of Woman
To A Little Invisible Being
To Mr Coleridge
William Cowper (1731-1800)
Hatred And Vengeance
The Task, Book 1
Yardley Oak
On The Ice-Islands
The Cast-Away
Bibliography