Romantic Fiat [electronic resource] : Demystification and Enchantment in Lyric Poetry /
Lindstrom, E.author.
In the Romantic period's economics of 'fiat' money the legacy of romanticism involves absolutist gestures of verbal fiat. Focused on William Wordsworth, but in constant range of his poet-successors and modern critics, Romantic Fiat presents an argument for a double romantic signature of 'let there be' and 'let be.'.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Giving commands and letting go -- pt. 2. Ontology and the lyric -- pt. 3. Blessing cursing.
In the Romantic period's economics of 'fiat' money the legacy of romanticism involves absolutist gestures of verbal fiat. Focused on William Wordsworth, but in constant range of his poet-successors and modern critics, Romantic Fiat presents an argument for a double romantic signature of 'let there be' and 'let be.'.
Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850
British literature.
Poetry.
Literature-Philosophy.
British and Irish Literature.
Poetry and Poetics.
Literary Theory.