Shelley and the apprehension of life / Ross Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, Ross, 1979- author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in Romanticism ; 101.

Cambridge studies in Romanticism ; 101

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Shelley, Percy Bysshe.

Life in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 225 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Shelley & the Apprehension of Life

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Percy Bysshe Shelley, in the essay 'On Life' (1819), stated 'We live on, and in living we lose the apprehension of life'. Ross Wilson uses this statement as a starting point to explore Shelley's fundamental beliefs about life and the significance of poetry. Drawing on a wide range of Shelley's own writing and on philosophical thinking from Plato to the present, this book offers a timely intervention in the debate about what Romantic poets understood by 'life'. For Shelley, it demonstrates poetry is emphatically 'living melody', which stands in resolute contrast to a world in which life does not live. Wilson argues that Shelley's concern with the opposition between 'living' and 'the apprehension of life' is fundamental to his work and lies at the heart of Romantic-era thought.

Contents:

Introduction

Poetry and the theory of life

Living losing life

Mere wheels of work

Happier forms

Sounds of air

Poetry and the life of theory

Coda.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-89328-9

1-107-42536-0

1-107-42311-2

1-107-41744-9

1-107-42004-0

1-107-42136-5

1-139-64944-2

OCLC:

857113101