Poetics of Sensibility - A Revolution in Literary Style

Zusatztext a restive and stimulating book. Informationen zum Autor McGann is an extremely eminent, well-known, and influential critic of Romantic poetry: his name is enough to sell his work. Klappentext Jerome McGann's exciting new work represents the most significant intervention in Romantic studies since his The Romantic Ideology. It takes as its prime aim the reading of neglected poetry! principally by women! which qualifies as either poetry of sensibility or poetry of sentiment. It is certain to provoke discussion among anyone interested in the hundred years of poetry it considers. Writers discussed include: Ann Batten Cristall! Benardin! Coleridge! Erasmus Darwin! Thomas Gray! Francis Greville! Felicia Hemans! William Jones! Keats! Ossian! Mary Robinson! Schiller! Shelley! Wordsworth! and Ann Yearsley. This newest work by the preeminent critic of Romantic poetry will attract students and scholars of English literature and Women's Studies. Zusammenfassung A study of 18th-century and Romantic poetry. The book aims to explore neglected poetry, principally by women, which qualifies as either poetry of "sensibility" or poetry of "sentiment", and which exposes the new stylistic devices that writers began to discover and exploit. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part I: Roads of Excess 1: A Disordering of the Senses 2: Coleridge's `Eolian Harp' and the Motion of Thought 3: Thomas Gray's `Thoughts, that breathe, and words that burn' 4: Ossian as a Poetry of Knowledge Part II: `Sensate Hearts': The Poetry of Sensibility 5: Learning by Doing: The Example of `The Amourous Lady' 6: Frances Greville's `A Prayer for Indifference' 7: Ann Yearsley's `Remonstrance in the Platonic Shade, Flourishing on an Height' 8: Motherhood and the Self Unknown 9: The Literal World of the English Della Cruscans 10: Mary Robinson and the Myth of Sappho Part III: The `Feeling Mind' of Sentimental Poetry 11: Sentimental Grounds: Schiller, Wordsworth, Bernardin, Shelley, Keats 12: Enlightened Minds: Sir William Jones and Erasmus Darwin 13: Sentimentalism as Consumption and Exchange 14: Waking from Adam's Dream: L.E.L.'s Art of Disillusion 15: The Loss of Sentimental Poetry 16: Literary History, Romanticism, and Felicia Hemans: A Conversation between A. Mack, J. J. Rome, and G. Mannejc Conclusion: Starting from Death: The Poetry of Ann Batten Cristall Bibliography Index ...

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• Authors: Jerome Mcgann, Jerome (John Stewart Bryan Professor Mcgann, Jerome J. McGann
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.1998
• EAN: 9780198184782
• ISBN: 978-0-19-818478-2
• No. of pages: 228
• Series: Revolution in Literary Style
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Cultural Studies, English, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Gender studies: women, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Gender studies: women and girls, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Literary studies: poetry and poets, C 1700 To C 1800