{"product_id":"the-daring-muse-augustan-poetry-reconsidered-paperback-9780521277235","title":"The Daring Muse; Augustan Poetry Reconsidered (Paperback) 9780521277235","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Daring Muse\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAugustan Poetry Reconsidered\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Daring Muse is a challenging account of the richness and complexity of Augustan poetry.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMargaret Anne Doody (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521277235, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 4 July 1985\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e308 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.46 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Daring Muse is a challenging account of the richness and complexity of Augustan poetry. It takes in a broad range of writers from the Restoration to the Regency, from Rochester and Dryden to Cowper and Crabbe, and shows the essential connections between them. Augustan poetry has too often been thought of as uniform, staidly classical, even dull. Margaret Doody explodes this myth once and for all. She shows it to be poetry of great energy and diversity: of extravagant conceits, subversive parody, incessant stylistic and formal experimentation; a self-consciously innovative poetry that sought to express and extend the perpetual, restless activity of the human mind. Both the principles and techniques of the verse are related to similar elements in the novels of the period; the book's numerous illustrations help to show how the poems were presented and interpreted in their own time.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e A note on editions\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Appetite, imperialism and the fair variety of things\u003cbr\u003e 2. Some origins of Augustan practice: Civil War verse and its implications\u003cbr\u003e 3. Generic self-sconsciousness: from closed to open forms\u003cbr\u003e 4. The new Augustans and the Roman poets\u003cbr\u003e 5. Charivari and metamorphosis\u003cbr\u003e 6. Metamorphosis, pleasure and pain: the threat of the end\u003cbr\u003e 7. Character, style, language: the two voices of Augustan poems\u003cbr\u003e 8. Augustan voice and Augustan verse\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: poetry \u0026amp; poets [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: poetry \u0026amp; poets\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20poetry%20\u0026amp;%20poets%20%5BDSC%5D%22\"\u003eDSC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004227932440,"sku":"9780521277235","price":37.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521277235i_e7c23461-149d-448d-a04c-15a910c39ba2.jpg?v=1691374384","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-daring-muse-augustan-poetry-reconsidered-paperback-9780521277235","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}