Affective worlds : writing, feeling & nineteenth-century literature / John Hughes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hughes, John, 1957-

Contributor:

George R. Fink Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--19th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

Emotions in literature.

Self-consciousness (Awareness) in literature.

Subjectivity in literature.

Identity (Psychology) in literature.

Physical Description:

vii, 180 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Brighton ; Portland, OR : Sussex Academic Press, 2011.

Summary:

Hughes (English, U. of Gloucestershire) reads canonical writers of the long 19th century in a critical mode that considers how writers use figurative, expressive, and narrative means to investigate the physical or emotional determinants of mind, as well as the social conditions of subjectification. He discusses Blake and music; Wordsworth and the walking self; Poe and resentment; Tennyson and femininity; feeling, subjectivity, and form in Charlotte Bronte's fiction; and visual inspiration in Hardy's fiction. The chapters have been published as separate articles. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

A bard's prophetic song: Blake and music

He travels on: Wordsworth and the walking self

The tell-tale heart: Poe and resentment

All these ladies: Tennyson and femininity

I love, I hate, I suffer: feeling, subjectivity, and form in Charlotte Brontë's fiction

What I see in their faces: visual inspiration in Hardy's fiction.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George R. Fink Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

184519442X

9781845194420

OCLC:

650217515

Publisher Number:

99944990728