The image of the poet : British poets and their portraits / David Piper
1982, 1st edition. Oxford : Clarendon Press. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #396344
ISBN: 0198173652
Physical description; xx, 219 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; List of illustrations -- Shakespeare: `A wretched picture and worse bust' -- Pope: Poet for posterity -- Byron and the romantic image -- End of fame: Tennyson and after -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- Index. Subjects; Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Portraits. Poets, English ; Portraits. Poets in art. Portraits, British. Poets, English ; Biography. Poètes anglais ; Biographies. Poets, English Portraits. Poets, English In art. Portraits - United Kingdom. Portraits 1600-1930 Special subjects British poets. Art and literature. Portraits 1600-1930. Special subjects British poets Critical studies. Literary portraits. England Literature.
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