Inspiration in the Age of Enlightenment

Inspiration in the Age of Enlightenment

by Sarah Eron
Inspiration in the Age of Enlightenment

Inspiration in the Age of Enlightenment

by Sarah Eron

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Overview

Inspiration in the Age ofEnlightenment reconsiders theories of apostrophe and poetic authority to argue that the Augustan age created a new form of inspiration, one that not only changed the relationship of literary production to authority in the modern period but that crucially contributes to defining the movement of secularization in literature.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781611496499
Publisher: University of Delaware Press
Publication date: 03/27/2017
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 266
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Sarah Eron is assistant professor of English at the University of Rhode Island.

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction Chapter 1. Amused and Bemused: Shaftesbury’s Enthusiasm on the Social Stage Chapter 2. "Eyes that Must Eclipse": Vain Enthusiasm in Pope’s The Rape of the Lock Chapter 3. Curtain, Muse!: Invention and Poetic Example in Pope’s Invocations Chapter 4. Genius, Muse: Inspiration and Invocation in Fielding’s Tom Jones Chapter 5. The "Unknown" and the "Unveiled": Anna Barbauld’s Poetic Enthusiasms Coda Bibliography About the Author
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