Shelley's music : fantasy, authority, and the object voice / Paul A. Vatalaro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vatalaro, Paul A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822--Criticism and interpretation.

Shelley, Percy Bysshe.

Authors, English--19th century--Criticism and interpretation.

Authors, English.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Shelley's Music demonstrates that Shelley's desire to merge word, conventionally identified as masculine, with music and voice, conventionally identified as feminine, represents a fantasy designed to ensure the preservation of his authority by making his voice eternally present in his poetry. Recycling throughout his writing and characterized by deadlock and instability, Shelley's fantasy paradoxically supports an even more compelling desire to preserve his subjectivity and maintain his authority as poet.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Subjectivity and the Self-Present Voice; 2 Poetic Authority and "Interpassivity"; 3 Sounding the "Real"; 4 Power, Desire and Poetics; Conclusion: Fantasy and Renunciation; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

"First published 2009 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-351-90037-4

1-351-90038-2

1-315-24321-0

1-282-24355-1

9786612243554

0-7546-9459-3

9781315243214

OCLC:

464227858