Class and the Canon
Author | : K. Blair |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2012-11-13 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781137030337 |
ISBN-13 | : 113703033X |
Rating | : 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Class and the Canon by : K. Blair
Download or read book Class and the Canon written by K. Blair and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.