Text world theory and Keats' poetry : the cognitive poetics of desire, dreams and nightmares / Marcello Giovanelli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Giovanelli, Marcello, author.

Series:

Advances in stylistics.

Advances in Stylistics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Keats, John.

Poetics--Psychological aspects.

Poetics.

Literary style.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Text World Theory and Keats' Poetry applies advances in cognitive poetics and text world theory to four poems by the nineteenth century poet John Keats. It takes the existing text world theory as a starting point and draws on stylistics, literary theory, cognitive linguistics, cognitive psychology and dream theories to explore reading poems in the light of their emphasis on states of desire, dreaming and nightmares. It accounts for the representation of these states and the ways in which they are likely to be processed, monitored and understood. Text World Theory and Keats' Poetry advances both the current field of cognitive stylistics but also analyses Keats in a way that offers new insights into his poetry. It is of interest to stylisticians and those in literary studies."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Text World Theory

3. Dreams

4. Modal Worlds

5. The Eve of St. Agnes

6. Nightmare Worlds

7. Isabella; Or, The Pot of Basil

8. 'La belle dame sans merci'

9. 'This living hand, now warm and capable'

10. Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781472542083

1472542088

9781623560676

1623560675

OCLC:

944225439