Jerome Mcgann

The Poetics of Sensibility

A Revolution in Literary Style

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 333g
• ISBN-13: 9780198184782
• ISBN-10: 0198184786
• Artikelnr.: 24078046

Autorenporträt

McGann is an extremely eminent, well-known, and influential critic of Romantic poetry: his name is enough to sell his work.

Inhaltsangabe

* 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