Matches in Harvard for { <http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/008174883/catalog> ?p ?o. }
Showing items 1 to 29 of
29
with 100 items per page.
- catalog abstract ""The Poetics of Disappointment offers nothing less than a complete revision of our understanding of romantic poetry. By examining the lineage of Wordsworth, Shelley, Stevens, and Ashbery, Quinney challenges Harold Bloom's identification of major romantic poems as "crisis lyrics" and questions his idea that the disappointment these poets explore is compensated by their celebration of a heroic self. Rather, Quinney argues, the form of disappointment examined by the romantic poet often finds him bewildered and oppressed, in a state beyond the simple failure of literary ambition or romantic love." "Drawing on the psychological insights of Freud and Klein and on the philosophy of Kierkegaard, Quinney sees in her paradigm of disappointment a sophisticated representation of self that goes beyond mere pathos or melancholia. The history of romantic and postromantic poetry, she finds, is not a history of ambitious self-assertion but a collective testimony of chagrin over the broken promises of the self."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11369228.
- catalog coverage "English-speaking countries Intellectual life.".
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""The Poetics of Disappointment offers nothing less than a complete revision of our understanding of romantic poetry. By examining the lineage of Wordsworth, Shelley, Stevens, and Ashbery, Quinney challenges Harold Bloom's identification of major romantic poems as "crisis lyrics" and questions his idea that the disappointment these poets explore is compensated by their celebration of a heroic self. Rather, Quinney argues, the form of disappointment examined by the romantic poet often finds him bewildered and oppressed, in a state beyond the simple failure of literary ambition or romantic love." "Drawing on the psychological insights of Freud and Klein and on the philosophy of Kierkegaard, Quinney sees in her paradigm of disappointment a sophisticated representation of self that goes beyond mere pathos or melancholia. The history of romantic and postromantic poetry, she finds, is not a history of ambitious self-assertion but a collective testimony of chagrin over the broken promises of the self."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-195) and index.".
- catalog description "Wordsworth: the guise of hope -- Shelley: a love in desolation masked -- Stevens: last thoughts of the unfinished thinker -- Ashbery: the soul is not a soul.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 200 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0813918588 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia,".
- catalog spatial "English-speaking countries Intellectual life.".
- catalog subject "821.009/353 21".
- catalog subject "American poetry 20th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Disappointment in literature.".
- catalog subject "English poetry 19th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Frustration in literature.".
- catalog subject "PR585.D57 Q56 1999".
- catalog subject "Poetry Psychological aspects.".
- catalog subject "Self in literature.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Wordsworth: the guise of hope -- Shelley: a love in desolation masked -- Stevens: last thoughts of the unfinished thinker -- Ashbery: the soul is not a soul.".
- catalog title "The poetics of disappointment : Wordsworth to Ashbery / Laura Quinney.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".