| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 254 pages) : illustrations |
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Romantic reconfigurations : studies in literature and culture 1780-1850
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Romantic reconfigurations.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
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, Wordsworth and Southey, in their formative years between 1795 and 1798. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Gilbert, William, 1763- -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Poets, English -- Antigua and Barbuda -- Antigua -- Biography.
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English poetry -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
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Romanticism -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
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Literature: history & criticism. |
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Literary theory. |
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Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900. |
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Literary studies: poetry & poets. |
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Poetry. |
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English poetry |
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Poets, English |
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Romanticism |
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Antigua and Barbuda -- Antigua |
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Great Britain |
| Chronological Term |
1700-1799 |
| Genre/Form |
Biography
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Literary criticism
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Biographies
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Literary criticism.
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Biographies.
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| Added Title |
Hurricane.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cheshire, Paul. William Gilbert and esoteric Romanticism. Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2018 1786941201 (DLC) 2018411552 (OCoLC)1008759584 |
| ISBN |
9781786948724 (electronic book) |
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1786948729 (electronic book) |
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9781786941206 (cloth) |
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1786941201 (cloth) |
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