Keats and philosophy : the life of sensations / Shahidha K. Bari.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bari, Shahidha K.

Series:

Routledge studies in romanticism ; 15.

Routledge studies in Romanticism ; 15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Keats, John, 1795-1821--Philosophy.

Keats, John.

Keats, John, 1795-1821--Criticism and interpretation.

Keats, John, 1795-1821.

Senses and sensation in literature.

Phenomenology in literature.

Philosophy in literature.

Romanticism--England.

Romanticism.

Criticism and interpretation.

Philosophy.

England.

Physical Description:

xx, 184 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2012.

Summary:

"John Keats remains one of the most familiar and beloved of English poets, but has received surprisingly little critical attention in recent years. This study is a fresh contribution to Keats criticism and Romantic scholarship, positioning Keats as a figure of philosophical interest who warrants renewed attention. Exploring Keats's own Romantic accounts of feeling and thinking, this study draws a connection between poetry and the phenomenological branches of modern philosophy. The study takes Keats's poetic evocation of touching hands, wandering feet, beating hearts and breathing bodies as a descriptive elaboration of consciousness and a phenomenological account of experience. The philosophical terms of analysis adopted here challenge the orthodoxies of Keats scholarship, traditionally characterised by the careful historicisation of a limited canon. The philosophical framework of analysis enhances the readings put forward, while Keats's poems, in turn, serve to give fuller expression of those ideas themselves. Using Keats as a particular case, this book also demonstrates the ways in which theory and philosophy supplement literary scholarship"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Feeling 1

2 Breathing, Beating, Being 30

3 Becoming 59

4 Wondering 87

5 Surviving 118.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [171]-179) and index.

ISBN:

9780415888639

0415888638

9780203124314

0203124316

OCLC:

703208359