Title: The Country House Poem
First published: August 1994
Description: This major new collection of almost all the known estate poems of the seventeenth century draws on the literary, historical and artistic traditions of the period to clarify this much debated genre. The poems are mostly reproduced in their entirety and include ten from the Mildmay Fane manuscripts - an important, but so far unpublished source of such material. Full notes accompany the text, explaining difficult passages and relating them to their biographical, social and political contexts.

There is a substantial introduction, a comprehensive bibliography, and a listing of visual sources complementing the contemporary illustrations. Containing much new evidence for architectural- and art-historians as well as for literary scholars, The Country House Poem is set to become the definitive work in this field.
Subjects: English Pastoral poetry, Country homes, English poetry, Poetry, English poetry (collections), early modern, 1500-1700, English poetry--17th century, Country homes--england--poetry, Country homes in literature, Country homes--poetry, Pastoral poetry, english, English poetry--early modern, 1500-1700, English poetryspecial subjectsresidences, Pr545.c68 c68 1994, 821.408032