The Epistolary Moment : the Poetics of the Eighteenth-Century Verse Epistle.

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The eighteenth-century verse epistle, argues William Dowling, was an attempt to solve in literary terms the dilemma of solipsism as raised by Locke and Hume. The focus of The Epistolary Moment is on internal audience in poetry--the audience ""inside"" the poem, created by its dis...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dowling, William C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Series:Princeton legacy library.
Subjects:
1700-1799
English poetry > 18th century > History and criticism.
Epistolary poetry, English > History and criticism.
Poetics > History > 18th century.
Poésie anglaise > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Poétique > Histoire > 18e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English poetry.
Epistolary poetry, English.
Poetics.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION. SOCIOPOETICS AND THE PROBLEM OF AUDIENCE
  • ONE. Lyric and Epistle
  • TWO. AUGUSTAN AUDIENCE
  • THREE. SATIRE AND EPISTLE
  • FOUR. The Commonwealth of Letters
  • FIVE. The Empire of Chaos
  • NOTES
  • POEMS CITED
  • WORKS CITED
  • INDEX

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