Romantic things : a tree, a rock, a cloud / Mary Jacobus.
Our thoughts are shaped as much by what things make of us as by what we make of them. Lyric poetry is especially concerned with things and their relationship to thought, sense, and understanding. In Romantic Things, Mary Jacobus explores the world of objects and phenomena in nature as expressed in R...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago ; London :
The University of Chicago Press,
2012.
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| Summary: | Our thoughts are shaped as much by what things make of us as by what we make of them. Lyric poetry is especially concerned with things and their relationship to thought, sense, and understanding. In Romantic Things, Mary Jacobus explores the world of objects and phenomena in nature as expressed in Romantic poetry alongside the theme of sentience and sensory deprivation in literature and art. Jacobus discusses objects and attributes that test our perceptions and preoccupy both Romantic poetry and modern philosophy. John Clare, John Constable, Rainer Maria Rilke, W.G. Sebald, and Gerhard Richte. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 221 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226390680 0226390683 9781280994463 1280994460 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |