Henry Power
Biographic Data
| ID | 5129855 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Henry Power |
| GIVEN NAMES | Henry |
| FAMILY NAME | Power |
| SIGNATURE | POWER H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Exeter |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8661-4502 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Oxford Handbook of English Prose, 1640-1714
The Oxford Handbook of English Prose, 1640–1714 is the most wide-ranging overview available of prose writing in English during one of the most tumultuous periods in British and Irish history. Stretching from the outbreak of the English Civil War to the death of Queen Anne, the last Stuart monarch, the volume is unprecedented in the breadth of its coverage of an age in which prose moved from the margins of cultural life in Britain to its centre. T…
The Cambridge History of the British Essay
From ancient influences on the essay as a form of rhetoric to the Irish essay as performance, from British imperial propaganda to African postcolonial resistance, from political pamphlets to the rise of literary professionalism, from gastronomy to ecocriticism, The Cambridge History of the British Essay offers the first authoritative single-volume history of the form's development within the British literary tradition. It restores to the contempo…
Oxford Handbook of English Prose, 1640-1714
Homer and the Discovery of the Pacific
Thom Gunn’s ‘The Discovery of the Pacific’ (1970) describes a young couple who have driven across America and reached the Californian coast. Their exhilaration as they stare at the ocean recalls another moment of epiphany; when John Keats read George Chapman’s translation of Homer, he felt like a conquistador setting eyes on the Pacific for the first time. In this essay, I argue that Gunn’s poem engages closely with Keats’s ‘On First Looking into…
‘Mackarel a Week after the Season’
Epic into Novel
'Epic into novel' looks at Henry Fielding's adaptation of classical epic in the context of what he called the 'Trade of ...authoring'. Fielding was always keen to stress that his novels were modelled on classical literature. Equally, he was fascinated by-and wrote at length about-the fact that they were objects to be consumed. He recognised that he wrote in an age when an author had to consider himself 'as one who keeps a public Ordinary, at whic…
Homer's 'Odyssey'
A fresh and exciting approach to this great work of classical literature Henry Power provides an overview of the whole poem with detailed commentary of the crucial moments. Readers are encouraged to consider both the oral origins and the rich literary reception of this early epic whilst responding to core themes within it. Key Features ‘Teaching the Text’ section with fresh ideas and flexible teaching templates that can be adapted to existing cou…
The Aeneid in the Age of Milton
This chapter contains sections titled: Notes Further Reading
Epic into Novel
'Epic into novel' looks at Henry Fielding's adaptation of classical epic in the context of what he called the 'Trade of ...authoring'. Fielding was always keen to stress that his novels were modelled on classical literature. Equally, he was fascinated by-and wrote at length about-the fact that they were objects to be consumed. He recognised that he wrote in an age when an author had to consider himself 'as one who keeps a public Ordinary, at whic…
Homer and the Discovery of the Pacific
Thom Gunn’s ‘The Discovery of the Pacific’ (1970) describes a young couple who have driven across America and reached the Californian coast. Their exhilaration as they stare at the ocean recalls another moment of epiphany; when John Keats read George Chapman’s translation of Homer, he felt like a conquistador setting eyes on the Pacific for the first time. In this essay, I argue that Gunn’s poem engages closely with Keats’s ‘On First Looking into…
The Aeneid in the Age of Milton
This chapter contains sections titled: Notes Further Reading
Homer's 'Odyssey'
A fresh and exciting approach to this great work of classical literature Henry Power provides an overview of the whole poem with detailed commentary of the crucial moments. Readers are encouraged to consider both the oral origins and the rich literary reception of this early epic whilst responding to core themes within it. Key Features ‘Teaching the Text’ section with fresh ideas and flexible teaching templates that can be adapted to existing cou…
‘Mackarel a Week after the Season’
Epic into Novel
'Epic into novel' looks at Henry Fielding's adaptation of classical epic in the context of what he called the 'Trade of ...authoring'. Fielding was always keen to stress that his novels were modelled on classical literature. Equally, he was fascinated by-and wrote at length about-the fact that they were objects to be consumed. He recognised that he wrote in an age when an author had to consider himself 'as one who keeps a public Ordinary, at whic…
Homer and the Discovery of the Pacific
Thom Gunn’s ‘The Discovery of the Pacific’ (1970) describes a young couple who have driven across America and reached the Californian coast. Their exhilaration as they stare at the ocean recalls another moment of epiphany; when John Keats read George Chapman’s translation of Homer, he felt like a conquistador setting eyes on the Pacific for the first time. In this essay, I argue that Gunn’s poem engages closely with Keats’s ‘On First Looking into…
The Oxford Handbook of English Prose, 1640-1714
The Oxford Handbook of English Prose, 1640–1714 is the most wide-ranging overview available of prose writing in English during one of the most tumultuous periods in British and Irish history. Stretching from the outbreak of the English Civil War to the death of Queen Anne, the last Stuart monarch, the volume is unprecedented in the breadth of its coverage of an age in which prose moved from the margins of cultural life in Britain to its centre. T…
The Cambridge History of the British Essay
From ancient influences on the essay as a form of rhetoric to the Irish essay as performance, from British imperial propaganda to African postcolonial resistance, from political pamphlets to the rise of literary professionalism, from gastronomy to ecocriticism, The Cambridge History of the British Essay offers the first authoritative single-volume history of the form's development within the British literary tradition. It restores to the contempo…
Oxford Handbook of English Prose, 1640-1714
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