Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper (Delphi Classics)

One of the most important poets of the eighteenth century, William Cowper’s nature poetry explored everyday life and scenes of the English countryside, establishing him as a forerunner of Romantic poetry. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature's finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents the complete poetical works of William Cowper, with beautiful illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Cowper's life and works

* The complete poetry, including rare posthumous works appearing in no other digital publications

* Concise introductions to the poetry

* Excellent formatting of the poems

* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry

* Easily locate the poems you want to read

* Includes Cowper's translations of Homer’s epic poems

* Features two bonus biographies - discover Cowper's literary life

* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres

CONTENTS:

The Poetry Collections

TABLE TALK AND OTHER POEMS

THE TASK AND OTHER POEMS

MISCELLANEOUS POEMS

OLNEY HYMNS

TRANSLATIONS FROM MADAME DE LA MOTHE GUION

TRANSLATIONS FROM THE LATIN CLASSICS

TRANSLATIONS FROM VINCENT BOURNE

EPIGRAMS TRANSLATED FROM THE LATIN OF OWEN

TRANSLATIONS OF GREEK AND LATIN VERSES

TRANSLATIONS FROM THE FABLES OF GAY

TRANSLATIONS OF THE LATIN AND ITALIAN POEMS OF MILTON

EPIGRAMS

ITALIAN POEMS

FRAGMENTS AND POSTHUMOUSLY PUBLISHED VERSES

The Poems

LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

The Epic Poems

THE ILIAD

THE ODYSSEY

The Biographies

BRIEF LIFE OF WILLIAM COWPER by Francis Storr

COWPER by Goldwin Smith