The Poetics of Sensibility: A Revolution in Literary Style

by Jerome J. McGann

Book Overview

Jerome McGann's exciting new work represents the most significant intervention in Romantic studies since his The Romantic Ideology. It takes as its prime aim the reading of neglected poetry, principally by women, which qualifies as either poetry of sensibility or poetry of sentiment. It is certain to provoke discussion among anyone interested in the hundred years of poetry it considers. Writers discussed include: Ann Batten Cristall, Benardin, Coleridge,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198183704
• ISBN13: 9780198183709
• Release Date: July 1996
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.8"