British labouring-class nature poetry, 1730-1837

Publication Data

• Title British labouring-class nature poetry, 1730-1837
• Author Bridget Keegan
• Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date 2008
• Publication location Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire
• Language English

Contents

A weed in nature's poesy : British labouring-class nature poetry, 1730-1837
The fields his study : Robert Bloomfield's poetics of sustainability
Return to the garden : James Woodhouse and polite cultivations
Heavenly prospects : views from Clifton and Cliffden
Writing against the current : Anne Wilson's Teisa and labouring-class river poetry
What terms of art can nature's pow'rs express? : William Falconer and labouring-class poetry at sea
And all is nakedness and fen : John Clare's Wetlands
The politics and poetics of wood : labouring-class poetry in the Victorian era.

Topics

• English poetry :: 18th century :: History and criticism
• English poetry :: 19th century :: History and criticism
• Nature in literature
• Working class writings, English :: History and criticism
• 014605092

British labouring-class nature poetry, 1730-1837 by Bridget Keegan. ISBN 9780230536968. Published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2008. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.