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English Childhood: Wordsworth's Treatment of Childhood in the Light of English Poetry from Prior to Crabbe
by A. [Adolph] Charles Babenroth, Ph. D
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About This Item
New York: Columbia University Press, 1922. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed by Author(s). Inscribed by author on front free endpaper. First edition. Publisher's gilt stamped green cloth with medallion on front cover. Spine ends show wear; corners pushed. Index. vii, 401 pages. A study of William Wordsworth's body of poetry on childhood in a time of changing values, in a perspective against the background of 18th century poetry, including the work of William Blake, Robert Burns, William Cowper, Michael Bruce, George Crabbe, Alexander Pope, Robert Southey, James Thomson and John Langhorne among others. Adolph Charles Babenroth (1883-1928), after earning his A.M. at Harvard in 1906, taught English at Syracuse University until 1919, when he became Professor of English at Columbia University. The professor died in 1928 following an appendectomy.
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- 015271
- Title
- English Childhood: Wordsworth's Treatment of Childhood in the Light of English Poetry from Prior to Crabbe
- Author
- A. [Adolph] Charles Babenroth, Ph. D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1922
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- William Wordsworth, William Blake, Robert Burns, William Cowper, Michael Bruce, George Crabbe, Alexander Pope, John Langhorne, Robert Southey, James Thomson, children's books, English poetry, 18th century poetry, literary criticism, comparative liter
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