Romantic Poetry
A comparative literary history of Romantic poetry. This volume is divided into four sections: the evolution of sensibility and representation; the evolution of genre; Romantic poetry and national projects; and interpretations, re-creations and performances of Romantic poetry.
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The purpose of this collective work is to throw new light on a period which is defined, neither in historical, nor in ideological terms, but along specific literary criteria. Across the 17th and 18th centuries, a new perspective appears on the status of literature and its relation to the author. Literature overflows the traditional limits of the so called "belles lettres" and the classical rules inherited from the tradition. Starting with the battle of the books, or with the new psychology of Marivaux's comedies and journals, the way is paved for a new form of writing that will eventually promote a new kind of drama, rooted in real life, as well as a considerable extension of the realm of satiric inspiration. The famous "Querelle des Anciens et des Modernes" is a token of this profound change. While the prestige of the author is raised (as in Pope's case), the domain of literature is extended to the field of social and economic life, giving models and advice even on trivial and utilitarian matters. These trends are studied in a broad European perspective by a team of scholars coming from various horizons and cultures.
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General info
Publisher & Imprint:
John Benjamins Publishing Co
City:
Amsterdam
Pages:
555
More info:
height 225 mm
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Age recommended:
College/higher education
Subject Indexing & Classification
Dewey: 809.19145
Summary
Romantic Poetry
Introduction vii Angela Esterhammer 1 The Evolution of Sensibility and Representation 1.1. Autumn in the Romantic Lyric: An Exemplary Case of Paradigm Shift 3 Lilian R. Furst 1.2 Reflection as Mimetic Trope 23 Frederick Burwick 1.3 On Romantic Cognition 39 Maria Ciesla-Korytowska 1.4 Vorosmarty and the Poetic Fragment in Hungarian Romanticism 55 Mihaly Szegedy-Maszak 1.5 Loss and Expectation: Temporal Entwinement as Figure and Theme in Novalis, Wordsworth, Nerval, and Leopardi 63 John M. Baker, Jr. 1.6 Poetry as Self-Consumption: Women Writers and Their Audiences in British and German Romanticism 91 Kari Lokke 2 The Evolution of Genre 2.1 Lyric Poetry in the Early Romantic Theory of the Schlegel Brothers 115 Ernst Behler 2.2 The Romantic Ode: History, Language, Performance 143 Angela Esterhammer 2.3 The European Romantic Epic and the History of a Genre 163 Irena Nikolova 2.4 The Sublime Sonnet in European Romanticism 181 Ian Balfour 2.5 Elegiac Muses: Romantic Women Poets and the Elegy 197 Patrick Vincent 3 Romantic Poetry and National Projects 3.1 Awakening Peripheries: The Romantic Redefinition of Myth and Folklore 225 George Bisztray 3.2 "National Poets" in the Romantic Age: Emergence and Importance 249 Virgil Nemoianu 3.3 Romanian Poetry and the Great Romantic Narrative about the Mission of the Poet 257 Monica Spiridon 3.4 Greek Romanticism: A Cosmopolitan Discourse 269 Gregory Jusdanis 3.5 Time and History in Spanish Romantic Poetry 287 Donald L. Shaw 3.6 The Experience of the City in British Romantic Poetry 305 Michael Gassenmeier and Jens Martin Gurr 3.7 "Sons of Song": Irish Literature in the Age of Nationalism 000 Julia M. Wright 3.8 Near the Rapids: Thomas Moore in Canada 000 D. M. R. Bentley 3.9 Address and Its Dialectics in American Romantic Poetry 000 Frederick Garber 3.91 Romantic Poetry in Latin America 000 Gwen Kirkpatrick 4 Interpretations, Re-creations, and Performances of Romantic Poetry 4.1 Baudelaire's Re-reading of Romanticism: Theorizing Commodities / The Commodification of Theory 000 Geraldine Friedman 4.2 Nachtigallenwahnsinn and Rabbinismus: Heine's Literary Provocation to German-Jewish Cultural Identity 000 Thomas Pfau 4.3 Reception as Performance: The Case of Shelley in Germany 000 Susanne Schmid 4.4 Implications of an Influence: On Holderlin's Reception of Rousseau 000 Stanley Corngold 4.5 Organicist Poetics as Romantic Heritage? 000 John Neubauer 4.6 The Uses of Romantic Poetry: Feminine Subjects in Modern Spanish Culture 000 Susan Kirkpatrick
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