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The Civil War eBook

by Abraham Cowley
language: english
Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS, December of 1973 ‧
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The Civil War is a poem which Abraham Cowley (1618-67) did not complete, for political and historical reasons, and of which only the first volume was published; the other two volumes have been considered irrecoverably lost since Cowley's death. Professor Pritchard recently found two copies of the complete poem in a collection of family papers at the Hertfordshire County Record Office and here presents a corrected edition of the first and previously published book, and the text of the hitherto unpublished books two and three.

The poem is a major addition to the body of Cowley's poetry; it has close and sometimes surprising connections with much of his other work. It is not only the most extended and important of his political poems but a significant addition to the genre of the political poem. It is also unique as the attempt by a poet of stature to give epic treatment to the events of the English Civil War.

Professor Pritchard provides a discussion of the personal, historical, and literary contexts of the poem in the introduction, as well as of textual problems and methods, showing the way in which the poem is shaped both by contemporary history and polemics and by classical and later literary tradition. 

The Civil War

by Abraham Cowley

Property Description
ISBN: 9781442653184
Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS
Release Date: December of 1973
Language: English
Pages: 206
Format: eBook
File Format and Compatibility: PDF para ADE
Collection: Heritage
Categories: eBooks in English > Tourist Guides and Maps > Europe
EAN: 9781442653184