Keats, Hunt and the Aesthetics of Pleasure

Zusatztext 'This book generously and fearlessly places Keat's work back into the context of literature and in the haunts of pleasure.' - James Najarian! European Romantic Review Informationen zum Autor AYUMI MIZUKOSHI is a Lecturer at Teikyo Heisei University, Japan. She obtained her doctorate in English Literature from the University of Oxford, and her research interests include aesthetics and Romantic literature. Klappentext This book tackles the age-old interpretative problem of 'pleasure' in Keat's poetry by placing him in the context of the liberal! leisured and luxurious culture of Hunt's circle. Challenging the standard narrative which attribute Keat's astonishing poetic development to his separation from Hunt! the author cogently argues that Keats! profoundly imbued with Hunt's bourgeois ethic and aesthetic! remained a poet of sensuous pleasure through to the end of his short career. Zusammenfassung This book tackles the age-old interpretative problem of 'pleasure' in Keat's poetry by placing him in the context of the liberal, leisured and luxurious culture of Hunt's circle. Challenging the standard narrative which attribute Keat's astonishing poetic development to his separation from Hunt, the author cogently argues that Keats, profoundly imbued with Hunt's bourgeois ethic and aesthetic, remained a poet of sensuous pleasure through to the end of his short career. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Introduction: A Problem of Interpretation The Bourgeois Cultural Revolution The Aesthetics of Nature Classicism as Cultural Luxury 'A Leafy Luxury': Poems (1817) 'Wherein Lies Happiness?': Endymion (1818) 'Visions of Delight': Lamia (1820) Conclusion: The Return of the Aesthetic Notes Index

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Acknowledgements Introduction: A Problem of Interpretation The Bourgeois Cultural Revolution The Aesthetics of Nature Classicism as Cultural Luxury 'A Leafy Luxury': Poems (1817) 'Wherein Lies Happiness?': Endymion (1818) 'Visions of Delight': Lamia (1820) Conclusion: The Return of the Aesthetic Notes Index

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'This book generously and fearlessly places Keat's work back into the context of literature and in the haunts of pleasure.' - James Najarian, European Romantic Review

Product details

• Authors: A. Mizukoshi, Ayumi Mizukoshi
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.03.2001
• EAN: 9780333929582
• ISBN: 978-0-333-92958-2
• No. of pages: 235
• Series: Romanticism in Perspective:Texts, Cultures, Histories; Romanticism in Perspective: Texts, Cultures, Histories; Romanticism in Perspective:Texts, Cultures, Histories
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; B, Aesthetics, Poetry, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Philosophy: aesthetics, Literature: history & criticism, Poetry and Poetics, European Literature, Literature, Modern—19th century, Nineteenth-Century Literature, British literature, British and Irish Literature, Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, aesthetics;Classicism;John Keats;poem;poet;poetry