
The Letters and Prose Writings: IV: Letters 1792-1799
Volume 4: Letters 1792-1799
William Cowper(Author)
Oxford University Press
Published on 1. March 1984
Book
Hardback
532 pages
978-0-19-812681-2 (ISBN)
Description
A scholarly edition of letters and prose writings by William Cowper. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.
Reviews / Votes
A model of editorial tact, thoroughness, and clarity. Not only does this edition greatly enlarge the canon of Cowper's prose, it provides at every point, unobtrusively and economically, exactly what the reader needs: a chronology of Cowper's life at the beginning of each volume, brief introductory characterizations of the volume as a whole and of Cowper's individual correspondents during the relevant period, precise textual information, concise annotation, lists of letters included and of those known to be missing, a fine index...indispensable. * Patricia Meyer Spacks, Journal of English and German Philology * ...all should be pleased with the authoritative text and the editors' criteria for selection. * The Eighteenth Century: A Current Bibliography * A model of editorial tact, thoroughness, and clarity. Not only does this edition greatly enlarge the canon of Cowper's prose, it provides at every point, unobtrusively and economically, exactly what the reader needs: a chronology of Cowper's life at the beginning of each volume, brief introductory characterizations of the volume as a whole and of Cowper's individual correspondents during the relevant period, precise textual information, concise annotation, lists of letters included and of those known to be missing, a fine index...indispensable. * Patricia Meyer Spacks, Journal of English and German Philology * ...all should be pleased with the authoritative text and the editors' criteria for selection. * The Eighteenth Century: A Current Bibliography *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
plates
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
882 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-812681-2 (9780198126812)
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