Philosophical connections : Akenside, Neoclassicism, Romanticism / Chris Townsend.

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Book

Author/Creator:

Townsend, Chris (Professor of English), author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in eighteenth-century connections 2632-5578.

Cambridge elements. Elements in eighteenth-century connections, 2632-5578

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Akenside, Mark, 1721-1770. Pleasures of imagination.

Akenside, Mark.

Akenside, Mark, 1721-1770--Criticism and interpretation.

Neoclassicism (Literature).

Romanticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (69 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Summary:

Neoclassical and Romantic verse cultures are often assumed to sit in an oppositional relationship to one another, with the latter amounting to a hostile reaction against the former. But there are in fact a good deal of continuities between the two movements, ones that strike at the heart of the evolution of verse forms in the period. This Element proposes that the mid-eighteenth-century poet Mark Akenside, and his hugely influential Pleasures of Imagination, represent a case study in the deep connections between Neoclassicism and Romanticism. Akenside's poem offers a vital illustration of how verse was a rival to philosophy in the period, offering a new perspective on philosophic problems of appearance, or how the world 'seems to be'. What results from this is a poetic form of knowing: one that foregrounds feeling over fact, that connects Neoclassicism and Romanticism, and that Akenside called the imagination's 'pleasures'.

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9781009222990 (ebook)

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