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The language of the senses : sensory-perceptual dynamics in Wordsworth, Coleridge, Thoreau, Whitman and Dickinson /
"McSweeney discusses the sensory acuity that informs the finest achievements of Wordsworth, Coleridge, Thoreau, Whitman, and Dickinson and which, when blunted by illness or age, contributes to an attenuation of their creative power. He supplies a "sensory profile" or sensory history f...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Montreal [Que.] :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
1998.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Contents
- Preface
- Note on Texts and Citations
- 1. Organic Sensibility
- 2. Symbolic Perception
- 3. Sublime or Mock Sublime?
- 4. Wordsworth's Mighty World of Eye and Ear
- 5. Coleridge's Blessed Interval
- 6. Thoreau: A Purely Sensuous Life
- 7. Whitman: The Feeling of Health
- 8. Dickinson: The Glimmering Frontier
- 9. Afterword: Two Victorian Seers
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
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