Unpremeditated verse : feeling and Perception in "Paradise Lost" / by Wayne Shumaker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shumaker, Wayne, author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--In literature.

Bible.

Poetry--Psychological aspects.

Poetry.

Fall of man in literature.

Perception in literature.

Emotions in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (243 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1967.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The focus of this study is on the working of Milton's sensibilities and the reader's response to the materials of the poem. Professor Shumaker demonstrates the special resonance Milton gave to Paradise Lost through his development of its mythic quality and through the emotive patterns in the poem. Shumaker describes the effect on the reader's subconscious responses of Milton's choice of visual and auditory images. Underlying the treatment is an assumption that during the act of composition the poet's mind is often stirred to its depths and registers with astonishing fidelity what is happening on all the levels of his psyche, conscious and unconscious.Originally published in 1967.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. PARADISE LOST AS MYTH

CHAPTER II. THE NARRATIVE PLAN

CHAPTER III. THREE EXAMPLES OF AFFECTIVE TONALITY

CHAPTER IV. ANIMISM : THE EPIC WORLD AS SENTIENT

CHAPTER V. SYNECDOCHE AND METONYMY

CHAPTER VI. VISUAL PERCEPTION

CHAPTER VII. AUDITORY PERCEPTION

CHAPTER VIII. SOMATIC PERCEPTION

CHAPTER IX. AFFECT AND PERCEPT ON THE MOUNT OF SPECULATION

INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliographical footnotes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-691-64969-3

1-4008-7660-5

OCLC:

966912327