The Background of Gray'S Elegy : : A Study in the Taste for Melancholy Poetry 1700-1751 / / Amy Louise Reed.
Studies the taste for melancholy poetry from 1700-1750. Explores the definition of melancholy during the time period and its interpretation.
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub) |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1924] ©1924 |
| Year of Publication: | 1924 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Columbia University Studies in English and Comparative Literature
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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| Other title: | Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- CHAPTER I. THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY DEFINITION OF MELANCHOLY -- CHAPTER II. THE TASTE FOR MELANCHOLY IN 1700 -- CHAPTER III. THE REVOLT AGAINST MELANCHOLY 1700-1725 -- CHAPTER IV. MELANCHOLY AND DESCRIPTION 1725-1750 -- CHAPTER V. THE PERSISTENCE OF MELANCHOLY AND ITS ETHICAL CONDEMNATION, 1725-1750 -- CHAPTER VI. THE PERFECTION OF FORM; GRAY'S "ELEGY," 1751 -- BIBLIOGRAPHY. LIST OF WORKS QUOTED OR MENTIONED -- INDEX OF AUTHORS -- VITA |
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| Summary: | Studies the taste for melancholy poetry from 1700-1750. Explores the definition of melancholy during the time period and its interpretation. |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9780231892094 9783110442489 |
| DOI: | 10.7312/reed93116 |
| Access: | restricted access |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Amy Louise Reed. |