Liberty and Poetics in Eighteenth Century England

ISBN-13: 9780367444747 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 198 str.

Michael Meehan

Opis

The qualities and achievements of eighteenth century English literature have suffered denigration as a result of a prevailing Whig interpretation of literary history. It is the contention of this book, originally published in 1986, that an alternative form of Whig interpretation is possible and even desirable.

Spis treści

Preface.  Part 1: Freedom’s Ample Fabric  (a) The Arts and Liberty  (b) Freedom and the National Character  Part 2: The Early Decades  (a) The Third Earl of Shaftesbury  (b) Thomas Blackwell  (c) Mark Akenside  (d) Augustan, Grecian, Gothic  Part 3: David Hume – Turning Points. Part 4: The 1760s and Beyond  (a) Brown and Sheridan  (b) Adam Ferguson  (c) Dr Johnson  Part 5: William Wordsworth.  Conclusion.  Notes.  Index.

O autorze

Michael Meehan