Making of Restoration Poetry

by Paul Hammond

This book explores the complex ways in which authors, publishers, and readers contributed to the making of Restoration poetry. The essays in Part I map some principal aspects of Restoration poetic culture: how poetic canons were established through both print and manuscript; how censorship operated within the manuscript transmission of erotic and politically sensitive poems; the poetic functions of authorial anonymity; the work of allusion and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184384074X
• ISBN13: 9781843840749
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"