Language of Natural Description in Eighteenth-Century Poetry vs Lyrical Ballads: Which Should You Read?

Language of Natural Description in Eighteenth-Century Poetry John Arthos · 1949 476 pages · ≈ 8 h 49 m · Demanding

Originally published in 1949, this title was written in order to help establish a better understanding of the ‘stock diction’ of eighteenth-century English poetry, and, in particular, of the diction commonly used in the…

Lyrical Ballads William Wordsworth · 1798 ★★★★☆ 3.9 210 pages · ≈ 3 h 53 m · Demanding

Twenty-three poems that transformed English poetry. Wordsworth and Coleridge composed this powerful selection of poetry during their youthful and intimate friendship. Reproducing the first edition of 1798, this edition…