The Oxford Handbook of British Poetry, 1660-1800

This title is another addition to the reliable Oxford Handbooks series and once again Oxford University Press has published a library staple. This title possesses all the indicators of a resource which becomes “core collection” for university or college libraries supporting English literature programmes. It should also be seriously considered as an excellent addition to the stock of public libraries supporting a poetry collection. So having endorsed this volume, what makes it stand out? As with The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary British & Irish Poetry (Robinson, 2013) which I reviewed some time ago (RR 2015/017), this Handbook...