Thomas Lovell Beddoes: An Anthology
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Book: Fair
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Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
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A carefully curated literary anthology, this collection presents the finest works of Thomas Lovell Beddoes, the darkly visionary Romantic poet and playwright whose obsession with death, resurrection, and the grotesque set him apart from his contemporaries. Edited by the distinguished Cambridge scholar F. L. Lucas, Thomas Lovell Beddoes: An Anthology introduces readers to a writer long overshadowed by the canonical Romantics, yet whose verse drama Death's Jest-Book and lyric poetry crackle with a macabre intensity that feels startlingly modern. Lucas argues persuasively for Beddoes's place in the literary canon, framing his selections with critical insight that illuminates the author's singular blend of Jacobean dramatic influence and Romantic sensibility. The anthology's tone mirrors its subject — brooding, intellectually restless, and shot through with a dark wit that transforms even the most morbid themes into occasions for poetic brilliance. This is an essential volume for readers drawn to the stranger, more shadowed corners of nineteenth-century English literature.
Author: F. L. Lucas
Format: Hardback
Published: 1932, Cambridge University Press
Genre: Anthology
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Faded spine
A carefully curated literary anthology, this collection presents the finest works of Thomas Lovell Beddoes, the darkly visionary Romantic poet and playwright whose obsession with death, resurrection, and the grotesque set him apart from his contemporaries. Edited by the distinguished Cambridge scholar F. L. Lucas, Thomas Lovell Beddoes: An Anthology introduces readers to a writer long overshadowed by the canonical Romantics, yet whose verse drama Death's Jest-Book and lyric poetry crackle with a macabre intensity that feels startlingly modern. Lucas argues persuasively for Beddoes's place in the literary canon, framing his selections with critical insight that illuminates the author's singular blend of Jacobean dramatic influence and Romantic sensibility. The anthology's tone mirrors its subject — brooding, intellectually restless, and shot through with a dark wit that transforms even the most morbid themes into occasions for poetic brilliance. This is an essential volume for readers drawn to the stranger, more shadowed corners of nineteenth-century English literature.