Elations: the poetics of enthusiasm in eighteenth-century Britain
Elations rewrites the history of early-18th-century English literature around the politics and poetics of "Enthusiasm." It examines the aesthetic theory of the period, traces the evolution and differentiation of a poetic enthusiasm from religious enthusiasm, and reassesses the poetry of tw...
| Summary: | Elations rewrites the history of early-18th-century English literature around the politics and poetics of "Enthusiasm." It examines the aesthetic theory of the period, traces the evolution and differentiation of a poetic enthusiasm from religious enthusiasm, and reassesses the poetry of two poets very popular in their time: James Thomson and Edward Young. |
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| Item Description: | Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--Johns Hopkins University) Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-277) and index |
| ISBN: | 0804735417 |