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Shelley's Poetry The Divided Self

Shelley's Poetry The Divided Self

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Shelley's detractors since Hazlitt have noticed a division in the 'self' of his poems. A central reasoning core fears the passions surrounding it and distrusts the language expressing it. A few of his admirers offer an alternative view of the poems as symbolical pointers to a non-linguistic reality transcending passion; most miss the point, justifying their admiration by referring to the poems' systems of thought. This reading of Shelley's major poems and critical prose finds the adverse case more convincing.

Keywords

Literary CriticismPoetryModern19th CenturyEuropeanEnglish, Irish, Scottish, WelshLanguage Arts & Disciplines

1997Book

Author(s)Simon Haines

PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK

ISBN9780333597071

LanguageEnglish

SpringerLink Book

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