The Poetical Works of Christopher Smart: Volume I: Jubilate Agno (|c OET |t Oxford English Texts) - Hardcover

Smart, Christopher

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198118694 ISBN 13: 9780198118695

Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1980

Synopsis

A scholarly edition of poetical works by Christopher Smart. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.

About this title

About the Author

Christopher Smart (1722-1771) was an English poet, whose works include A Song to David and Jubilate Agno, both of which were at least partly written during his confinement in an insane asylum.

Review

`a model of lucid scholarly exposition ... It is to be hoped that Karina Williamson's excellent new edition will rekindle interest in an unjustly neglected work.' David Hopkins, University of Bristol, Translation and Literature

Edition details

• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0198118694
• ISBN 13: 9780198118695
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176
• Editor: Williamson Karina