Wordsworth's Metaphysical Verse : Geometry, Nature, and Form / Lee Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Lee, author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850--Criticism and interpretation.

Wordsworth, William.

Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850--Knowledge--Mathematics.

Metaphysics in literature.

Geometry in literature.

Genre:

History.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (243 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In this book, Professor Johnson demonstrates how Wordsworth employed geometrical patterns in the metrical construction of his verse and how the character of those patterns can be related to the poet's major philosophical values.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

PREFACE

Introduction

1 The Geometrical Idea of Wordsworth's Poetry

2 The Topologic Self of The Prelude

3 The Geometrical Imperative of The Excursion

4 The Art of Conceptual Form

APPENDIX: Form and Value in Music: Geometry and the Fugue

NOTES

INDEX

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

V

W

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mrz 2019)

ISBN:

9781487590567

1487590563

9781487599980

1487599986

OCLC:

1091713197