William Gilbert and esoteric Romanticism : a contextual study and annotated edition of The hurricane / Paul Cheshire.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cheshire, Paul (Paul Randolph), 1948- author.

Series:

Romantic reconfigurations : studies in literature and culture 1780-1850.

Romantic reconfigurations : studies in literature and culture 1780-1850

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gilbert, William, 1763---Criticism and interpretation.

Gilbert, William.

Poets, English--Antigua and Barbuda--Antigua--Biography.

Poets, English.

English poetry--18th century--History and criticism.

English poetry.

Romanticism--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Romanticism.

Great Britain.

History.

Antigua and Barbuda--Antigua.

Genre:

Biographies.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2018.

Contents:

Part 1 William Gilbert in Romantic Culture

1 A Magus of the 1790s: William Gilbert in Bristol and London p. 17

2 Bristol and the First Romantics p. 42

3 'With no unholy madness': Gilbert and Coleridge p. 61

4 'My astrological friend': Gilbert and Southey p. 74

5 The Calenture: Gilbert and Wordsworth p. 89

Part 2 The Hurricane

The Hurricane: a Theosophical and Western Eclogue. To which is subjoined, A Solitary Effusion in a Summer's Evening. p. 103

6 The Hurricane and Hermetic Geography p. 163

7 Decoding the Allegory of the 'Theosophical and Western Eclogue' p. 184

8 Son of a Saintly Slave Owner p. 202

9 Esoteric Romanticism p. 219.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-241) and index.

Contains:

Hurricane.

ISBN:

1786941201

9781786941206

OCLC:

1008759584