The invention of evening
Subtitle: perception and time in Romantic poetry
By: Christopher R. Miller.
Series: Cambridge studies in Romanticism -- 66.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780521863827
Subjects: Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, -- 1772-1834 -- Criticism and interpretation; Wordsworth, William, -- 1770-1850 -- Criticism and interpretation; Shelley, Percy Bysshe, -- 1792-1822 -- Criticism and interpretation; Keats, John, -- 1795-1821 -- Criticism and interpretation; English poetry -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Time in literature; Perception in literature; Romanticism -- England
Description: "Lyric poetry has long been considered an art form of timelessness, but Romantic poets became fascinated by one time above all others: evening, the threshold between day and night. Christopher R. Miller investigates the cultural background of this development. The tradition of evening poetry runs from the idyllic setting of Virgil to the urban twilights of T.S. Eliot, and flourished in the works of Coleridge, Wordsworth, Shelley, and Keats. In fresh readings of familiar Romantic poems, Miller shows how evening settings enabled poets to represent the passage of time and to associate it with subtle movements of thought and perception. This leads to new ways of reading canonical works, and of thinking about the kinds of themes the lyric can express."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-258) and index.