Advertising, which developed in the late eighteenth century as an increasingly sophisticated and widespread form of brand marketing, would seem a separate world from that of the 'literature' of its time. Yet satirists and parodists were influenced by and responded to advertising, while copywriters borrowed from the wider literary culture, especially through poetical advertisements and comic imitation. This study to pays sustained attention to the cultural resonance and literary influences of advertising in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. John Strachan addresses the many ways in which literary figures including George Crabbe, Lord Byron and Charles Dickens responded to the commercial culture around them. With its many fascinating examples of contemporary advertisements read against literary texts, this study combines an intriguing approach to the literary culture of the day with an examination of the cultural impact of its commercial language.

Advertising and Satirical Culture in the Romantic Period (Cambridge Studies in Romanticism, Series Number 74)

Literature & Fiction

Strachan, John

Humor & Satire

Cambridge University Press

Poetry is an accessible and clearly written guide to the study of poetry. It aims to equip both students and the general reader with a body of technical information that will sharpen and deepen their engagement with individual poems. John Strachan and Richard Terry provide the reader with a lively route map through what might on first experience seem the most daunting aspects of poetry: poetic sound effects, rhythm and metre, the typographic display of poems on the page, the language of poetry and the use made by poets of techniques of comparison and association. The book's discussion of poetic terminology is allied throughout to illustrative readings that show the usefulness of the terminology in approaching particular poems. Its emphasis is always a practical one, demonstrating how poems actually work. Beginning with an historical overview of the development of English poetry from its earliest origins and finishing with an authoritative dictionary of poetical terms, Poetry is an indispensable guide to the understanding of poetry. Features * Gives concrete illustrations of the technical aspects of poetry * Contains detailed analyses of individual poems * Based on the authors' practical experience of teaching poetry * Includes a comprehensive dictionary of poetical terms * Contains a helpful system of cross-referencing and a detailed index Elements of Literature Series "It is a pleasure to be able to record that all four of these attractively produced books contribute, in very different ways, to the appreciation and enjoyment of the art of poetry ...If all the volumes in the series are as good as this one, the students for whom the series is intended will have been well served indeed ...their own exposition is consistently unpretentious and illuminating." (PQR Special Issue 2002)

Poetry (Elements of Literature)

Terry, Richard

History & Criticism

Edinburgh University Press

Quickly equips you with the strategies you need to deepen your engagement with individual poems. New for this edition:* End-of-chapter exercises and follow-up research tasks* New readings of modern women's poetry* Section on How to Write Poetry with exercises* Suggestions for further reading - both books and websitesBased on their extensive teaching experience, the authors provide a lively route map through the main aspects of poetry such as sound effects, rhythm and metre, the typographic display of poems on the page and the language of poetry using practical examples throughout.

Poetry

Poetry: An Introduction

Poetry: An Introduction is an accessible and clearly written introduction to the structural and methodological principles underpinning poetry and its study. It aims to equip the student, researcher, and general reader with a body of technical information that will sharpen and deepen their engagement with individual poems. Strachan and Terry provide a lively map through what might on first experience seem the most daunting aspects of poetry: poetic sound effects, rhythm and meter, the typographic display of poems on the page, the language of poetry, and the use made by poets of techniques of comparison and association. The book's discussion of poetic terminology is allied throughout to illustrative readings that show the usefulness of the terminology in approaching particular poems; its emphasis is always a practical one, demonstrating how poems actually work. Beginning with an historical overview of the development of English poetry from its earliest origins and finishing with an authoritative dictionary of poetical terms, Poetry: An Introduction is an indispensable guide to the understanding of poetry.

NYU Press

With Notes and Vocabulary by John Strachan Revised by Osborn Bergin Bergin's revised edition featuring additional sections on the comparisons of adjectives and personal pronouns.

Old Irish Paradigms: And Selections from the Old-Irish Glosses (Fourth Edition)

History

Europe

Royal Irish Academy

Táin Bó Cúailnce from the Yellow Book of Lecan (Irish Edition)

Wentworth Press

Explorations and Adventures in New Guinea

BiblioLife

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