Poetry and the idea of progress, 1760-1790 /

'Poetry and the Idea of Progress, 1760-1790' explores under-examined relationships between poetry and historiography between 1760 and 1790. These were the decades of Hugh Blair's 'Dissertation on the Poems of Ossian, the Son of Fingal' (1763) and 'Lectures on Rhetoric a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Regan, John, 1979- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Anthem Press, 2018.
Temas:
1700-1799
English poetry > 18th century > History and criticism.
Progress.
Progress in literature.
Poésie anglaise > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Progrès.
Progrès dans la littérature.
POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English poetry
Progress
Progress in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • <P>List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One: The Cultural Logic of Progress; Part Two: ElocutionaryPoetics in the Context of 'Taste'; 1. Progress by Prescription; 2. Thomas Sheridan and the Divine Harmony of Progress; Part One: Harmony Articulated; Part Two: From Disinterestedness to the Divine; 3. 'There Is a Natural Propensity in the Human Mind to Apply Number and Measure to Every Thing We Hear': Monboddo, Steele and Prosody as Rhythm; Part One: Monboddo's Theory of Linguistic Progress; Part Two: Steele's Emphasis; Part Three: Rhythm as Prosody; 4. '[C]ut into, distorted, twisted': Thomas Percy, Editing and the Idea of Progress; Part One: The Stadial Antiquarian; Part Two: Prosody as Pressure Point; 5. 'Manners' and 'Marked Prosody': Hugh Blair and Henry Home, Lord Kames; Afterword: Rude Manners, 'Stately' Measures: Byron and the Idea of Progress in the New Century; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.</p>

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