Evaluating Shelley / / T Clark, J Hogle.

Even in his own day, Shelley's value as a poet and a thinker was hotly debated. This book argues that Shelley was both ahead of and in tune with his time and ours. Featuring close readings of the key texts, the book includes a reassessment of a previously undervalued work. Contributions from le...

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Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©1996
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Preface --
Abbreviations --
Introduction --
I. Evaluating Shelley in his Wider Contexts --
'God, and King, and Law ': Anarchic Anxiety and Shelley's Canonical Function --
Of Education --
Shelley and the Question of Joint Authorship --
Shelley and the Conditions of Meaning --
Shelley and the Revolutionary Left --
Shelley after Deconstruction: The Poet of Anachronism --
II: Evaluating Shelley's Works and the Evaluations in Them --
'What's Aught But as 'Tis Valued?': A Reading of The Sensitive-Plant --
'Lethean Joy : Memory and Recognition in Laon and Cythna --
The Enigma of "A Vision of the Sea or 'Who Sees the Waterspouts?' --
Shelley's Peter Bell the Third: Relationship and the Canon --
Keeping Faith with Desire: A Reading of Epipsychidion --
Shelley, Dante and The Triumph o f Life --
III: Evaluating Shelley's Texts: The Past and Future Possibilities for Editors --
Close Your Eyes and Think of Shelley: Versioning Mary Shelley's Triumph of Life --
'Poetry in a More Restricted Sense': The Canon of Shelley's Poems and the Canon of his Poetry --
Works Cited --
Notes on Contributors --
Index
Summary:Even in his own day, Shelley's value as a poet and a thinker was hotly debated. This book argues that Shelley was both ahead of and in tune with his time and ours. Featuring close readings of the key texts, the book includes a reassessment of a previously undervalued work. Contributions from leading academics such as Marilyn Butler, Stuart Curran and Donald Reiman, mix with new ideas from up and coming scholars to expand our knowledge and understanding of this problematic poet.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781474465762
9783110780475
DOI:10.1515/9781474465762
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: T Clark, J Hogle.