William Cowper
Subtitle: religion, satire, society
By: Conrad Brunström.
Series: The Bucknell studies in eighteenth-century literature and culture
Publisher: Bucknell University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Lewisburg, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
Subjects: Cowper, William, 1731-1800 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Cowper, William, 1731-1800 -- Political and social views.; Cowper, William, 1731-1800 -- Religion.; Cowper, William, 1731-1800 -- Humor.; Religion and literature -- England -- History -- 18th century.; Literature and society -- England -- History -- 18th century.; Verse satire, English -- History and criticism.; Social problems in literature.; Religion in literature.
Description: "This book re-examines the literary significance of poet and translator William Cowper (1731-1800). Too often, Cowper is pigeonholed as an eccentric, a hopeless depressive, or even as a religious lunatic. Often regarded as an "early" Romantic, Cowper is reconsidered in this book in light of a rich eighteenth-century political and religious culture. Rather than read him as an old-fashioned Calvinist stranded in an increasingly secularized society, Cowper can be read as someone who well understood the increasingly imprecise and emotionalist quality of eighteenth-century religious discourse and who expressed this dominant tendency with uncanny insight."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 194-201) and index.