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The Politics of Romantic Poetry In Search of the Pure Commonwealth

The Politics of Romantic Poetry In Search of the Pure Commonwealth

Description

In recent years critics of Romantic poetry have divided into two groups that have little to say to one another. One group, as yet the most numerous, insists that to study a poem is to investigate the historical circumstances out of which it was produced; the other retorts that poetry offers pleasures fully available only to readers whose attention is focused on their language. This book attempts to reconcile the two groups by arguing that a poet's most effective political action is the forging of a new language, and that the political import of a poem is a function of its style.

Keywords

Literary CriticismPoetryPolitical ScienceModern19th CenturyLanguage Arts & DisciplinesHistory & Theory

2000Book

Author(s)Richard Cronin

PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK

ISBN9780333761069

LanguageEnglish

SpringerLink Book

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