The Calamity Form: On Poetry and Social Life

by Anahid Nersessian

Book Overview

Romanticism coincided with two major historical developments: the Industrial Revolution, and with it, a turning point in our relationship to the earth, its inhabitants, and its climate. Drawing on Marxism and philosophy of science, The Calamity Form shines new light on Romantic poetry, identifying a number of rhetorical tropes used by writers to underscore their very failure to make sense of our move to industrialization.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022670131X
• ISBN13: 9780226701318
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"