Keats and philosophy : the life of sensations / Shahidha K. Bari.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bari, Shahidha K., author.

Series:

Routledge Studies in Romanticism

Routledge studies in romanticism ; 15

Routledge studies in Romanticism ; 15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Keats, John, 1795-1821--Criticism and interpretation.

Keats, John.

Keats, John, 1795-1821--Philosophy.

Phenomenology in literature.

Philosophy in literature.

Romanticism--England.

Romanticism.

Senses and sensation in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"John Keats remains one of the most familiar and beloved of English poets, but has received surprisingly little critical attention in recent years. This study is a fresh contribution to Keats criticism and Romantic scholarship, positioning Keats as a figure of philosophical interest who warrants renewed attention. Exploring Keats's own Romantic accounts of feeling and thinking, this study draws a connection between poetry and the phenomenological branches of modern philosophy. The study takes Keats's poetic evocation of touching hands, wandering feet, beating hearts and breathing bodies as a descriptive elaboration of consciousness and a phenomenological account of experience. The philosophical terms of analysis adopted here challenge the orthodoxies of Keats scholarship, traditionally characterised by the careful historicisation of a limited canon. The philosophical framework of analysis enhances the readings put forward, while Keats's poems, in turn, serve to give fuller expression of those ideas themselves. Using Keats as a particular case, this book also demonstrates the ways in which theory and philosophy supplement literary scholarship"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Feeling; 2 Breathing, Beating, Being; 3 Becoming; 4 Wondering; 5 Surviving; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-179) and index.

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

ISBN:

1-136-34466-7

1-283-60691-7

9786613919366

1-136-34467-5

0-203-12431-6

9780203124314

OCLC:

811505537