Studien Zum Komischen Epos
Studien Zum Komischen Epos

Author: Ulrich Broich

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1990-10-18

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9780521309653

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This book is the first comprehensive study of the theory, the conventions and the history of the mock-heroic genre. In the first part, Ulrich Broich shows how mock-heroic poetry combines the characteristics of various discourses - epic, comedy, parody, satire and occasional poetry. The second part traces the history of mock-heroic poetry.

Robert Burns and Pastoral
Robert Burns and Pastoral

Author: Nigel Leask

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2010-07

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 0199572615

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This book restores the long marginalised Scottish poet Robert Burns to his rightful place as a major poet of the 18th century and Romantic period. It discusses his education as a farmer during the revolutionary period of 'improvement' in 18th-century Scotland, decision to write 'Scots pastoral' poetry, and influence on Wordsworth and Coleridge.