The Country House Poem: A Cabinet of Seventeenth-Century Estate Poems and Related Items by Editor-Alastair Fowler - 1994-08

Edinburgh University Press, 1994. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Edinburgh University Press, 1994. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine copy in fine dustwrapper.

Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1994. Hardcover. Good Condition. 24.8 x 16.5 x 3.2 cm. One or two minor bumps and scrapes to cover. Dust jacket absent. Text underlined in pencil on a few pages. Sound and serviceable overall. Publisher's note: This major new collection of almost all the known estate poems of the seventeenth century draws on the literary, historical and artistic traditions of the period to clarify this much debated genre. The poems are mostly reproduced in their entirety and include ten from the Mildmay Fane manuscripts - an important, but so far unpublished source of such material. Full notes accompany the text, explaining difficult passages and relating them to their biographical, social and political contexts Size: 24.8 x 16.5 x 3.2 cm. xiv, 433 pp. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700; Country homes -- England -- Poetry; ISBN: 0748604405. ISBN/EAN: 9780748604401. Add. Inventory No: 240319NPG005052. . 9780748604401