Majestic Indolence: English Romantic Poetry and the Work of Art

by Willard Spiegelman

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Spiegelman examines the theme of indolence-- both positive and negative--as it appears in the canonical work of four Romantic poets. He argues for a renewal of interest in literary formalism, aesthetics, and the pastoral genre. Wordsworth's "wise passiveness," Coleridge's "dejection" and torpor, Shelley's pastoral dolce far niente, and Keats's "delicious...indolence" are seen as individual manifestations of a common theme.

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Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0195093569

ISBN13:9780195093568

Release Date:June 1995

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:240 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

Ancient Criticism & Theory English Literature Gothic & Romantic History History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Literature & Fiction

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