Shelley's poetry: the divided self
Material type:
TextPublication details: London Macmillan 1997Description: x,276pISBN: 0333597079Subject(s): English literature | English poetry- Literary criticism | Shelley, P.BDDC classification: 821.709 Summary: Shelley's detractors since Hazlitt have noticed a division in the 'self' of his poems. A central reasoning core fears the passions surrounding it and distrusts the language expressing it. A few of his admirers offer an alternative view of the poems as symbolical pointers to a non-linguistic reality transcending passion; most miss the point, justifying their admiration by referring to the poems' systems of thought. This reading of Shelley's major poems and critical prose finds the adverse case more convincing.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BK
|
Stack | 821.709 HAI/S (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 06163 |
Shelley's detractors since Hazlitt have noticed a division in the 'self' of his poems. A central reasoning core fears the passions surrounding it and distrusts the language expressing it. A few of his admirers offer an alternative view of the poems as symbolical pointers to a non-linguistic reality transcending passion; most miss the point, justifying their admiration by referring to the poems' systems of thought. This reading of Shelley's major poems and critical prose finds the adverse case more convincing.
Click on an image to view it in the image viewer
There are no comments on this title.