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Poetical Dust: Poets' Corner and the Making of Britain

By Thomas A. Prendergast

Book information

Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Year
2015
ISBN
9780812291902
DOI
10.9783/9780812291902
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
9 MB (9083944 bytes)
Pages
256\251
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-26 19:17:23

Description

Thomas Prendergast's Poetical Dust offers a provocative and far-reaching analysis of Poets' Corner. Covering nearly a thousand years of political and literary history, the book examines the chaotic, sometimes fitful process through which Britain has consecrated its poetry and poets. Thomas Prendergast's Poetical Dust offers a provocative and far-reaching analysis of Poets' Corner. Covering nearly a thousand years of political and literary history, the book examines the chaotic, sometimes fitful process through which Britain has consecrated its poetry and poets.

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