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Delphi Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper (Illustrated) - cover

Delphi Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper (Illustrated)

William Cowper

Publisher: Delphi Classics

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One of the most important poets of the eighteenth century, William Cowper’s nature poetry explored everyday life and scenes of the English countryside, establishing him as a forerunner of Romantic poetry. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature's finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents the complete poetical works of William Cowper, with beautiful illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Cowper's life and works* The complete poetry, including rare posthumous works appearing in no other digital publications* Concise introductions to the poetry* Excellent formatting of the poems* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry* Easily locate the poems you want to read* Includes Cowper's translations of Homer’s epic poems* Features two bonus biographies - discover Cowper's literary life* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genresCONTENTS:The Poetry CollectionsTABLE TALK AND OTHER POEMSTHE TASK AND OTHER POEMSMISCELLANEOUS POEMSOLNEY HYMNSTRANSLATIONS FROM MADAME DE LA MOTHE GUIONTRANSLATIONS FROM THE LATIN CLASSICSTRANSLATIONS FROM VINCENT BOURNEEPIGRAMS TRANSLATED FROM THE LATIN OF OWENTRANSLATIONS OF GREEK AND LATIN VERSESTRANSLATIONS FROM THE FABLES OF GAYTRANSLATIONS OF THE LATIN AND ITALIAN POEMS OF MILTONEPIGRAMSITALIAN POEMSFRAGMENTS AND POSTHUMOUSLY PUBLISHED VERSESThe PoemsLIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDERLIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDERThe Epic PoemsTHE ILIADTHE ODYSSEYThe BiographiesBRIEF LIFE OF WILLIAM COWPER by Francis StorrCOWPER by Goldwin Smith
Available since: 08/11/2015.

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