Poetry as an Occupation and an Art in Britain, 1760 1830
Peter Murphy's book examines the tension between the material, economic pressures motivating poetry as an occupation, and traditional notions of the forces of literary history defining poetry as an art. It focuses on five writers in the Romantic period: James MacPherson, Robert Burns, James Hogg, Walter Scott, and William Wordsworth. The first four are Scottish; the economic and linguistic status of Scotland during the period makes its writers especially interesting as examples of poetic ambition. Murphy's study then crosses the border into England, offering a new perspective on Wordsworth's poetic ambition and career. Murphy's engagement thr…
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- ISBN: 978-0-521-44085-1
- EAN: 9780521440851
- Produktnummer: 9567031
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
- Seitenangabe: 284 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.7 cm x D2.1 cm 593 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 593
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