{"product_id":"history-of-eighteenth-century-british-literature","title":"History of Eighteenth-Century British Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA History of Eighteenth-Century British Literature\u003c\/i\u003e is a lively exploration of one of the most diverse and innovative periods in literary history. Capturing the richness and excitement of the era, this book provides extensive coverage of major authors, poets, dramatists, and journalists of the period, such as Dryden, Pope and Swift, while also exploring the works of important writers who have received less attention by modern scholars, such as Matthew Prior and Charles Churchill. Uniquely, the book also discusses noncanonical, working-class writers and demotic works of the era.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDuring the eighteenth-century, Britain experienced vast social, political, economic, and existential changes, greatly influencing the literary world.  The major forms of verse, poetry, fiction and non-fiction, experimental works, drama, and political prose from writers such as Montagu, Finch, Johnson, Goldsmith and Cowper, are discussed here in relation to their historical context. \u003ci\u003eA History of Eighteenth-Century British Literature\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for advanced undergraduates and graduate students of English literature.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTopics covered include: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVerse in the early 18th century, from Pope, Gay, and Swift to Addison, Defoe, Montagu, and Finch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePoetry from the mid- to late-century, highlighting the works of Johnson, Gray, Collins, Smart, Goldsmith, and Cowper among others, as well as women and working-class poets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProse Fiction in the early and 18th century, including Behn, Haywood, Defoe, Swift, Richardson, Fielding, and Smollett\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe novel past mid-century, including experimental works by Johnson, Sterne, Mackenzie, Walpole, Goldsmith, and Burney\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNon-fiction prose, including political and polemical prose\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e18th century drama\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54254342865240,"sku":"9781405135023","price":94.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781405135023_5de63979-367e-4c03-a3f1-faa124e04667.jpg?v=1778544938","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/history-of-eighteenth-century-british-literature","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}