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The field of imagination : Thomas Paine and eighteenth-century poetry / Scott M. Cleary.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cleary, Scott, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Revolutionaries--United States--Biography.
- Revolutionaries.
- Poets, American--Biography.
- Poets, American.
- Epigraphs (Literature).
- Political poetry, American--History and criticism.
- Political poetry, American.
- American poetry--18th century--History and criticism.
- American poetry.
- Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809--Influence.
- Paine, Thomas.
- Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809--Literary style.
- Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809--Criticism and interpretation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (187 pages)
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- "The first book-length study of Thomas Paine as a poet, this book also examines his use of poetic epigraphs, his image in eighteenth-century political poetry, and his influence on later American poets"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Wit is naturally a volunteer: poetry and print culture in the Pennsylvania magazine
- Speak of it as it is: forms of liberty in Paine's early poetry
- The shifted vision: James Thomson and Common sense
- Pen and soul; glory and nothing: Charles Churchill and Crisis II
- The field of imagination: public and private spheres in Paine's manuscript poetry
- Tom the bodice-maker: Paine in English poetry of the 1790s
- The manly page: Philip Freneau's poetic affinities
- Repay thy labors: Joel Barlow's poetic predilections.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780813942940
- 0813942942
- OCLC:
- 1111782469
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