William Gilbert and esoteric Romanticism : a contextual study and annotated edition of The hurricane /

This first annotated edition of William Gilbert's enigmatic poem, The Hurricane: a Theosophical and Western Eclogue, with extended interpretative chapters informed by Gilbert's magical and astrological writings, shows how its dark materials fed the imaginations of his friends Coleridge, Wo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cheshire, Paul (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2018.
Series:Romantic reconfigurations.
Subjects:
Gilbert, William, > 1763- > Criticism and interpretation.
1700-1799
Poets, English > Antigua and Barbuda > Antigua > Biography.
English poetry > 18th century > History and criticism.
Romanticism > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Poésie anglaise > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Romantisme > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Literature: history & criticism.
Literary theory.
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900.
Literary studies: poetry & poets.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Poetry.
English poetry
Poets, English
Romanticism
Antigua and Barbuda > Antigua
Great Britain
Biography
Literary criticism
Biographies
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Literary criticism.
Biographies.
Critiques littéraires.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. A magus of the 1790s : William Gilbert in Bristol and London
  • 2. Bristol and the first Romantics
  • 3. 'With no unholy madness' : Gilbert and Coleridge
  • 4. 'My astrological friend' : Gilbert and Southey
  • 5. The Calenture : Gilbert and Wordsworth
  • The Hurricane : a Theosophical and Western Eclogue. To which is subjoined, A Solitary Effusion in a Summer's Evening
  • 6. The Hurricane and hermetic geography
  • 7. Decoding the allegory of the 'Theosophical and Western Eclogue'
  • 8. Son of a saintly slave owner
  • 9. Esoteric Romanticism.

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