Poetry as an Occupation and an Art in Britain, 1760–1830 (Cambridge Studies in Romanticism, Series Number 3) ISBN-13: 9780521440851

ISBN-13: 9780521440851

Binding: Hardcover

Author: Murphy, Peter T.

Details: Peter Murphys 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. Murphys study then crosses the border into England, offering a new perspective on Wordsworths poetic ambition and career. Murphys engagement throughout with the ballad revival yields fresh insights into some major concerns of the Romantic period: the interest in the primitive and the simple, experiments with poetic form, the problematics of loss, and the emergence of a new literary culture.

Release Date: 24-09-1993

Package Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.2 x 1.0 inches

Languages: English

Part Number: bibliography, index

Edition: 1st Ed.

Features:

• Used Book in Good Condition

Number Of Pages: 284