Hollow palaces : an anthology of modern country house poems
2023
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As a genre of poetry, the country house poem was born in the seventeenth century. As English country house society itself grew in prominence, the poem of commemoration diminished in popularity; not until the Edwardian era, when the country house as an institution began to wane, was there a renewed interest in country house poetry. As the power and influence of landed society dwindled, the country house began to haunt the English literary imagination, and our poets found in its dereliction a frequent subject and theme. This book gathers modern and contemporary country house poems into one collection. Poets representing a diversity of class, race, gender, and generation offer a wide variety of perspectives: stately exteriors and interiors, crumbling ruins, gardens both wild and cultivated, and the voices of noble owners, servants, and curious visitors.
Main title:
Hollow palaces : an anthology of modern country house poems / edited and introduced by Kevin Gardner and John Greening ; illustrated by Rosie Greening.
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Imprint:
Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2023.
Collation:
400 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2021.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781837644353 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
821.908355821.908 GARD
Language:
English
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BRN:
2384842
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