John Thelwall Selected Poetry and Poetics [Paperback]

Drawing on newly-discovered manuscripts, this collection is the first modern edition of poetry by John Thelwall, the famed radical Romantic and champion of the working class. Eight key essays and 125 fully-annotated poems introduce his work in correspondence with historical traditions and current critical paradigms.1. Introduction: 'Poets and Poesy I sing' 2. Poems Pastoral and Peripatetic 3. Comic Ballads, Satires, and Seditious Allegories 4. Sonnets 5. Odes I: Public and Pindaric 6. Odes II: Conversations and Effusions 7. Songs of Love 8. Epic: The Hope of Albion 9. Autobiographies

 Thompsons outstanding edition leaves no doubt & that Thelwall needs to be reckoned with as a pioneering poet within his own contemporary horizonbut even more so as an ethical voice of unrivalled present-day topicality. (Phillip Hunnekuhl, Notes and Queries, Vol. 66 (1), March 2019)

Judith Thompson's John Thelwall: Selected Poetry and Poetics amounts to a major accomplishment, at once accelerating the revival of Thelwall, and providing a much needed resource for work and pleasure in Romantic era studies. It is a treasure-house curated by expert archival scholarship, editorial savvy, and critical insight. With a smartly devised introduction, Thompson presents poet Thelwall (famously brave political activist) in the range and originality of the genres he exercised and transformed: pastoral and peripatetic, comic ballads, satires and seditious allegories, sonnets routine and innovative, odes (public and Pindaric), conversation poems, effusions, love songs, epic and autobiography, and essays on poetic principles. - Susan J. Wolfson, Professor of English, Princeton University, USA

This superb edition contains selections from the entire range of Thelwall's poetry, including previously unpublished work, together with extracts from his critical writing. Organized by genre, Thelwall's own preferred method, the volume reveals a daringly l“,