The Borough, a Poem in Twenty Four Letters

Crabbe, Rev. G.

Verlag: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 1810

Beschreibung

Original 1/4 leather with plain boards. Rubbed at corners and fore edge, otherwise very good condition. xxiii, 330 pp. First American edition of this British poem, published the same year as the first. The Borough is a collection of poems by George Crabbe published in 1810. Written in heroic couplets, the poems are arranged as a series of 24 letters, covering various aspects of borough life and detailing the stories of certain inhabitantsâ lives. Of the letters, the best known is that of Peter Grimes in Letter XXII, which formed the basis for Benjamin Brittenâ s opera of the same name. Letter XXI describes Abel Keene, a village schoolmaster and then a merchant's clerk who was led astray, lost his place and finally hanged himself. he poem was begun in 1804, three years before the publication of The Parish Register, and demonstrates a clear development in Crabbeâ s writing between the pastoral concerns shown in The Village, and the concentration on the life stories of individuals as seen in the Tales. Shaw & Shoemaker 19884. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers b00602

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Borough, a Poem in Twenty Four Letters

Verlag: Philadelphia, Philadelphia

Erscheinungsdatum: 1810

Einband: Hardcover

Auflage: 1. Auflage