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The field of imagination : Thomas Paine and eighteenth-century poetry / Scott M. Cleary.

Author/creator Cleary, Scott author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2019.
Copyright Notice ©2019
Descriptionxi, 172 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
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.
Abstract "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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/formBiography.
Genre/formCriticism, interpretation, etc.
LCCN 2019016150
ISBN9780813942933 hardcover alkaline paper
ISBN0813942934 hardcover alkaline paper
ISBNelectronic book

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Joyner General Stacks PS819 .C58 2019 ✔ Available Place Hold