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Poetic form and British romanticism

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This study confronts the popular stereotype that the Romantics either accepted or rejected previously established literary genres, proposing rather that they adapted traditional poetic forms to suit their own democratic, secular, and sceptical ethos.

Title Poetic form and British romanticism / Stuart Curran. [electronic resource]
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher New York
Oxford University Press
Creation Date 2023
Notes Includes index.
Previously issued in print: 1990.
English
Content Intro -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Of Form and Genre -- Chapter 2 The Second Renaissance -- Chapter 3 The Sonnet -- Chapter 4 The Hymn and Ode -- Chapter 5 The Pastoral -- Chapter 6 The Romance -- Chapter 7 The Epic -- Chapter 8 Composite Orders -- Chapter 9 Form and Freedom in European Romantic Poetry -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Series Oxford scholarship online
Extent 1 online resource (xi, 265 pages)
Language English
National Library system number 997010700191405171
MARC RECORDS
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