Selected Poems of Bernard Barton, the 'Quaker Poet'
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William Hazlitt had concluded in 1815 that a Quaker poet would be 'a literary phenomenon' - how could a marginal sect renowned for their plain dress, sober ways and proscription of pleasures produce imaginative literature? To conceive such a writer would be a paradox. Yet the career of Bernard Barton, a prolific poet of the 1820s and 1830s, presented the Romantic era with just such a phenomenon. Instantly recognisable to his contemporaries as the...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1839994185
ISBN13:9781839994180
Release Date:January 2025
Publisher:Anthem Press
Length:346 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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