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Living forms : Romantics and the monumental figure / Bruce Haley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Haley, Bruce, 1933-
- Series:
- SUNY series, studies in the long nineteenth century
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Art and literature--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Art and literature.
- Literature and history--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Literature and history.
- Architecture and literature--History--19th century.
- Architecture and literature.
- Romanticism--Great Britain.
- Romanticism.
- Monuments in literature.
- Sculpture in literature.
- Statues in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (319 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, c2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Examines Romantic poets' and essayists' fascination with the human form.
- Contents:
- Intro
- LIVING FORMS
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- INTRODUCTION: Thoughts on Nelson's Monument in St. Paul's
- 1. Imaginary Museum
- 2. History's Seen and Unseen Forms: Peacock and Shelley
- 3. Coleridge's Shakespeare Gallery
- 4. Hazlitt's Portraits: The Informing Principle
- 5. Symbolic Forms: The Sleeping Children
- 6. Wordsworth's Prelude: Objects that Endure
- 7. Fortune's Rhetoric: Allegories for the Dead
- 8. The Mourner Turned to Stone: Byron and Hemans
- 9. "Those Speechless Shapes": Shelley's Rome
- 10. Keats's Temples and Shrines
- Conclusion
- Notes
- INTRODUCTION
- 1. IMAGINARY MUSEUM
- 2. HISTORY'S SEEN AND UNSEEN FORMS
- 3. COLERIDGE'S SHAKESPEARE GALLERY
- 4. HAZLITT'S PORTRAITS
- 5. SYMBOLIC FORMS
- 6. WORDSWORTH'S PRELUDE
- 7. FORTUNE'S RHETORIC
- 8. THE MOURNER TURNED TO STONE
- 9. "THOSE SPEECHLESS SHAPES"
- 10. KEATS'S TEMPLES AND SHRINES
- CONCLUSION
- Works Cited
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-291) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780791487679
- 0791487679
- 9781417536009
- 1417536004
- OCLC:
- 61367769
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