The Oxford History of Poetry in English is designed to offer a
fresh, multi-voiced, and comprehensive analysis of 'poetry': from
Anglo-Saxon culture through contemporary British, Irish, American,
and Global culture, including English, Scottish, and Welsh poetry,
Anglo-American colonial and post-colonial poetry, and poetry in
Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Caribbean, India, Africa, Asia,
and other international locales. The series both synthesizes
existing scholarship and presents cutting-edge research, employing
a global team of expert contributors for each of the fourteen
volumes. This volume explores the developing range of English verse
in the century after the death of Chaucer in 1400, years that saw
both change and consolidation in traditions of poetic writing in
English in the regions of Britain. Chaucer himself was an important
shaping presence in the poetry of this period, providing a stimulus
to imitation and to creative expansion of the modes he had
favoured. In addition to assessing his role, this volume considers
a range of literary factors significant to the poetry of the
century, including verse forms, literary language, translation, and
the idea of the author. It also signals features of the century's
history that were important for the production of English verse:
responses to wars at home and abroad, dynastic uncertainty, and
movements towards religious reform, as well as technological
innovations such as the introduction of printing, which brought
influential changes to the transmission and reception of verse
writing. The volume is shaped to include chapters on the contexts
and forms of poetry in English, on the important genres of verse
produced in the period, on some of the fifteenth-century's major
writers (Lydgate, Hoccleve, Dunbar, and Henryson), and a
consideration of the influence of the verse of this century on what
was to follow.
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