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Romantic Things
Mary Jacobus
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Description for Romantic Things
Hardcover. Our thoughts are shaped as much by what things make of us as by what we make of them. This title explores the world of objects and phenomena in nature as expressed in romantic poetry alongside the theme of sentience and sensory deprivation in literature and art. It opens our eyes to what has been previously overlooked in lyric and romantic poetry. Num Pages: 240 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Our thoughts are shaped as much by what things make of us as by what we make of them. Lyric poetry is especially concerned with things and their relationship to thought, sense, and understanding. In "Romantic Things", Mary Jacobus explores the world of objects and phenomena in nature as expressed in romantic poetry alongside the theme of sentience and sensory deprivation in literature and art. Jacobus discusses objects and attributes that test our perceptions and preoccupy both romantic poetry and modern philosophy. John Clare, John Constable, Rainer Maria Rilke, W. G. Sebald, and Gerhard Richter make appearances around the central ... Read more
Our thoughts are shaped as much by what things make of us as by what we make of them. Lyric poetry is especially concerned with things and their relationship to thought, sense, and understanding. In "Romantic Things", Mary Jacobus explores the world of objects and phenomena in nature as expressed in romantic poetry alongside the theme of sentience and sensory deprivation in literature and art. Jacobus discusses objects and attributes that test our perceptions and preoccupy both romantic poetry and modern philosophy. John Clare, John Constable, Rainer Maria Rilke, W. G. Sebald, and Gerhard Richter make appearances around the central ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226390666
SKU
V9780226390666
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About Mary Jacobus
Mary Jacobus is the M. H. Abrams Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Department of English at Cornell University for 2011-2012 and professor of English emerita at the University of Cambridge. She was formerly director of Cambridge's Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities.
Reviews for Romantic Things
"Presenting a distinctive and thoughtful account of Wordsworth that is studded with memorable formulations, Mary Jacobus makes lyric poetry an unremitting study of responsiveness to material and immaterial things. This book will be of significant interest to scholars working on romanticism, on Wordsworth's poetry, and on the notion of lyric in its most capacious form." (Frances Ferguson, Johns Hopkins University)" ... Read more