First published in 1962, this book reveals unexpected complexity or equivocation in Wordsworth's use of certain key words, particularly 'image', 'form' and 'shape'. The author endeavours to show that this complexity is related to the poet's awareness of the ambiguity of the perceptual process. Numerous passages from The Prelude and other poems are analysed to illustrate the argument and to show that, because of this doubt or hidden perplexity, Wordsworth's poetry has a far richer texture, is more concentrated, intricately organised and loaded with ambivalent meanings than it would otherwise have been.
New light is also shed on Wordsworth's debt to Akenside.
| ISBN: | 9781138672819 |
| Publication date: | 28th November 2017 |
| Author: | CC Clarke |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 112 pages |
| Series: | RLE: Wordsworth and Coleridge |
| Genres: |
Literary theory Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Literary studies: general Poetry |
First published in 1962, this book reveals unexpected complexity or equivocation in Wordsworth's use of certain key words, particularly 'image', 'form' and 'shape'. The author endeavours to show that this complexity is related to the poet's awareness of the ambiguity of the perceptual process.
Romantic Paradox features in the following genres: Literary theory, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: general, Poetry
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Romantic Paradox was written by CC Clarke and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Romantic Paradox has 112 pages
Yes it is part of RLE: Wordsworth and Coleridge series
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