English Poetry of the Eighteenth Century 1700-1789

<p>In recent years the canon of eighteenth-century poetry has greatly expanded to include women poets labouring-class and provincial poets and many previously unheard voices. Fairer’s book takes up the challenge this ought to pose to our traditional understanding of the subject. </p><p>This book seeks to question some of the structures categories and labels that have given the age its reassuring shape in literary history. In doing so Fairer offers a fresh and detailed look at a wide range of material.</p>