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Living forms : Romantics and the monumental figure / Bruce Haley.

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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
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P
Q
R
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T
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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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