Class and the Canon: Constructing Labouring-Class Poetry and Poetics, 1780-1900 by K. Blair
English | 2012 | ISBN: 1137030321 | 216 Pages | PDF | 1008.18 KB
English | 2012 | ISBN: 1137030321 | 216 Pages | PDF | 1008.18 KB
Examining how labouring-class poets constructed themselves and were constructed by critics as part of a canon, and how they situated their work in relation to contemporaries and poets from earlier periods, this book highlights the complexities of labouring-class poetic identities in the period from Burns to mid-late century Victorian dialect poets.