Coleridge and Shelley: Textual EngagementSally West's timely study is the first book-length exploration of Coleridge's influence on Shelley's poetic development. Beginning with a discussion of Shelley's views on Coleridge as a man and as a poet, West argues that there is a direct correlation between Shelley's desire for political and social transformation and the way in which he appropriates the language, imagery, and forms of Coleridge, often transforming their original meaning through subtle readjustments of context and emphasis. While she situates her work in relation to recent concepts of literary influence, West is focused less on the psychology of the poets than on the poetry itself. She explores how elements such as the development of imagery and the choice of poetic form, often learnt from earlier poets, are intimately related to poetic purpose. Thus on one level, her book explores how the second-generation Romantic poets reacted to the beliefs and ideals of the first, while on another it addresses the larger question of how poets become poets, by returning the work of one writer to the literary context from which it developed. Her book is essential reading for specialists in the Romantic period and for scholars interested in theories of poetic influence. |
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... Coleridge influenced the poetic development of Percy Bysshe Shelley. It is perhaps not coincidental that of the major Romantic poets Shelley and Coleridge appear to have been the most prodigious readers. The range of reference in their ...
... Coleridge influenced the poetic development of Percy Bysshe Shelley. It is perhaps not coincidental that of the major Romantic poets Shelley and Coleridge appear to have been the most prodigious readers. The range of reference in their ...
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... Coleridge were read by Shelley, when, and in what form and circumstances. This area of work will also encompass an examination of evidence of Shelley's opinions of Coleridge, as man and poet, through attention to the letters and ...
... Coleridge were read by Shelley, when, and in what form and circumstances. This area of work will also encompass an examination of evidence of Shelley's opinions of Coleridge, as man and poet, through attention to the letters and ...
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... Coleridge's work, which although more imitative than transformatory, demonstrate Shelley's growing interest in particular aspects of Coleridge's poetry which develop creatively in the work of his maturity. Chapter 2 considers Shelley's ...
... Coleridge's work, which although more imitative than transformatory, demonstrate Shelley's growing interest in particular aspects of Coleridge's poetry which develop creatively in the work of his maturity. Chapter 2 considers Shelley's ...
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... Coleridge. Hodgson explores affinities and differences between the two poets' rhetorics, concluding that both 'are ultimately metaphorical', but whilst Coleridge resists deconstruction of his texts, Shelley invites it. Whilst of ...
... Coleridge. Hodgson explores affinities and differences between the two poets' rhetorics, concluding that both 'are ultimately metaphorical', but whilst Coleridge resists deconstruction of his texts, Shelley invites it. Whilst of ...
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... Coleridge. Furthermore, if we view this evidence in the context of Shelley's poetic output immediately subsequent to his time in Keswick, we can start to observe the ways in which Coleridge's work first influenced the 19-year-old ...
... Coleridge. Furthermore, if we view this evidence in the context of Shelley's poetic output immediately subsequent to his time in Keswick, we can start to observe the ways in which Coleridge's work first influenced the 19-year-old ...
Contents
The presence of Coleridge | |
The Voices of Mont Blanc | |
The vitally metaphorical in This Lime | |
The Legacy of Coleridges Mariner | |
Afterword | |
Index | |
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