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When William Barnes began publishing poems in the Dorset County Chronicle in the 1830s in the dialect of his native Blackmore Vale, the first poems that appeared were in the form of eclogues — dialogues between country people on country matters. Although an immediate success, the eclogues were in ti...

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Language:English
Published: University of Adelaide Press 2015
Online Access:https://shop.adelaide.edu.au/konakart/Subscriptions-%26-Publications/University-Press/University-Press/Six-Eclogues-from-William-Barnes%27s-Poems-of-R