Romanticism, memory, and mourning / Mark Sandy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sandy, Mark, 1970- author.

Series:

Nineteenth century (Aldershot, England)

The nineteenth century series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English poetry--19th century--History and criticism.

English poetry.

Death in literature.

Grief in literature.

Loss (Psychology) in literature.

Memory in literature.

Literary form.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Rooted in the inconceivable and unspeakable event of death, Romantic poetic forms of grief possess a self-questioning presence about their own creative processes and formal structures. These imaginative encounters of Romanticism with grief and loss, as well as Romantic speculations about posterity, Sandy suggests, are no less diversified in their use of literary forms than their elegiac tones are confined to the form of poetic elegy" -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : Romantic Forms of Grief

"Curse My Stars in Bitter Grief ": William Blake and the Songs of Loss

"Still the Reckless Change We Mourn" : Wordsworth and the Circulation of Grief

"Enfolded Close in Grief ": Coleridge, Introspection and the Inward Turn of the Conversation Poems

"Chasten'd Thoughts of Grief" : Grieving Voices and Self-Consuming Subjectivity in Charlotte Smith and Felicia Hemans

"Sable Lines of Grief" : Posthumous Reputations and the Art of Forgetting in Byron's Poetic Ruins

"A Grief Too Sad for Song" : Shelley's Elegiac Voice and Poetic Voyages

"Grief and Radiance Faint" : Keats and Tragic Realisation

"Grief Searching Muse" : John Clare's Landscapes of Memory and Mourning

"Echoes of that Voice" : Romantic Forms of Grief in Victorian Poetic Birdsong.

Notes:

First published 2013 by Ashgate Publishing.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Sandy, Mark Romanticism, Memory, and Mourning

ISBN:

9781409473138

1409473139

9781317061335

1317061330

9781317061328

1317061322

9781315607009

131560700X

9781409405948

140940594X

OCLC:

861536425