This is a new collection of estate poems of the 17th century. Reproduced mainly in their entirety, the poems include ten from Mildmay Fane's manuscripts. Besides the texts, Professor Fowler includes full notes explaining difficult passages, and relating them to their biographical, social and political contexts. There is a substantial introduction, a comprehensive bibliography, and a listing of visual sources. Containing evidence for architectural and art-historians as well as for literature scholars, this collection should ...
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This is a new collection of estate poems of the 17th century. Reproduced mainly in their entirety, the poems include ten from Mildmay Fane's manuscripts. Besides the texts, Professor Fowler includes full notes explaining difficult passages, and relating them to their biographical, social and political contexts. There is a substantial introduction, a comprehensive bibliography, and a listing of visual sources. Containing evidence for architectural and art-historians as well as for literature scholars, this collection should clarify the estate poem genre.
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Good Condition. 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are mostly reproduced in their entirety and include ten from the Mildmay Fane manuscripts-an important, but so far unpublished source of such material.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.
