Romantic Things - A Tree, a Rock, a Cloud

Informationen zum Autor Mary Jacobus is professor emerita of English at Cornell University and at the University of Cambridge! where she directed the Centre for Research in the Arts! Social Sciences! and Humanities until 2011. Klappentext Our thoughts are shaped as much by what things make of us as by what we make of them. The author explores the world of objects and phenomena in nature as expressed in romantic poetry alongside the theme of sentience and sensory deprivation in literature and art. She discusses about objects and attributes that test our perceptions. Zusammenfassung Our thoughts are shaped as much by what things make of us as by what we make of them. The author explores the world of objects and phenomena in nature as expressed in romantic poetry alongside the theme of sentience and sensory deprivation in literature and art. She discusses about objects and attributes that test our perceptions.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Jacobus, Jacobus Mary
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.04.2015
• EAN: 9780226271347
• ISBN: 978-0-226-27134-7
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: poetry and poets