Famous editions of English poets / by John O. Beaty and John W. Bowyer.
| Author/creator | Beaty, John O. |
| Other author | Bowyer, John Wilson, 1901-1968. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Dial Press, ©1935. |
| Description | xxi, 1312 pages, 13 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | William Shakespeare: Sonnets, 1609.--John Milton: Poems of Mr. John Milton, 1645.--John Dryden: Absalom and Achitophel, 1681; Alexander's feast, 1697.--Alexander Pope: Essay on criticism, 1711; Windsor forest, 1713; The rape of the lock, 1714.--Thomas Gray: Poems, 1768.--William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Lyrical ballads, 1798.--William Wordsworth: Poems, 1807.--George Gordon Noel, lord Byron: Hebrew melodies, 1815; The prisoner of Chillon, 1816; Childe Harold's pilgrimage, canto the third, 1816.--Percy Bysshe Shelley: Prometheus unbound, and other poems, 1820.--John Keats; Lamia, Isabella, The eve of St. Agnes, and other poems, 1820.--Alfred Tennyson: Poems, 1842.--Robert Browning: Dramatic lyrics, 1842; Dramatis personæ, 1864. |
| General note | "Every volume included ... is a letter-for-letter, word-for-word, and punctuation-for-punctuation reprint of the early edition ... We have provided a photographic reproduction of each title-page and of a representative page of type from each of the eighteen volumes. We have reproduced in facsimile all original illustrations, ornamental letters, etc., and have used imitative type for titles of poems."--Pref. |