{"product_id":"2940170726417","title":"The Graveyard Poets","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt first thought this seems an unlikely area to find fine poetry. The \"Graveyard Poets\", also known as ¿Churchyard Poets or \"the Boneyard Boys¿ began in pre-romantic days with a leaning towards gloom, melancholy and the general decay of churchyards. It should be remembered that in the 18th Century City graveyards were a teeming mass of overcrowding and disease, their country brethren better but hardly idylls of worship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat would eventually lead to the Gothic literary genre began, in the main, with reflections by Christian clergymen upon God, mortality and the assumed after-life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd in their musings are classics from such talented poets as Thomas Gray, Thomas Parnell, James Thomson and Edward Young together with many others who elevate words from a perhaps murky underworld to examples of poetic beauty which few can rival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This volume comes to you from Portable Poetry, a specialized imprint from Deadtree Publishing.  Our range is large and growing and covers single poets, themes, and many compilations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"COUNTERPOI","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47150783365360,"sku":"2940170726417","price":6.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170726417_p0.jpg?v=1763816561","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170726417","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}