Cowper's Poetry: A Critical Study and Reassessment (Liverpool English Texts and Studies, 20) - Hardcover

Vincent Newey's massive study subjects almost the entire poetic oeuvre to a minute scrutiny of contemporary analytical procedures and claims a far more important place for Cowper than history has. Newey writes vigorously, is deeply learned, and has a broad range of intellectual interests...Readers will be rewarded with unexpected insights and an enlarged respect for the expressive resources of 18th-century poetry. CHOICE Vincent Newey's massive study subjects almost the entire poetic oeuvre to a minute scrutiny of contemporary analytical procedures and claims a far more important place for Cowper than history has. Newey writes vigorously, is deeply learned, and has a broad range of intellectual interests...Readers will be rewarded with unexpected insights and an enlarged respect for the expressive resources of 18th-century poetry. CHOICE

This is the first book in recent times to be devoted solely to the themes, qualities, and relevance of Cowper's poetic writing.