The New Oxford book of eighteenth century verse
By: chosen and edited by Roger Lonsdale.
Contributors: Lonsdale, Roger H.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 870
Subjects: English poetry -- 18th century
Description: Challenging the traditional, narrow view of eighteenth-century poetry as an era of Augustan reason, this anthology presents 552 selections, including scurrilous, bawdy, and anti-rational verse, as well as themes usually associated with the century's poetry

Contains over 550 poems and excerpts by more than 250 poets from the eighteenth century.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 839-857.
Includes indexes.