The orphaned imagination : melancholy and commodity culture in English romanticism / Guinn Batten.

Author/creator Batten, Guinn
Format Book
Publication InfoDurham : Duke University Press, 1998.
Descriptionxi, 307 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
English poetry--19th century. --History and criticism.
Melancholy in literature.
Capitalism and literature--Great Britain. --History. --19th century.
Commercial products--Great Britain. --History. --19th century.
Poetry--Authorship. --Economic aspects. --Great Britain.
Loss (Psychology) in literature.
Romanticism--Great Britain.

Contents Byron's in-between art of ennui: "The world is full of orphans" -- Spectral generation in The Four Zoas: "Indolence and mourning sit hovring" -- Shelley's absent fathers: "The awful shadow of some unseen power" -- Depression and vocation in the 1805 Prelude: "The homeless voice of waters".
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [293]-303) and index.
LCCN 97049691
ISBN0822322056 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0822322218 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PR575.M34 B38 1998 ✔ Available Place Hold