Poetics of luxury in the nineteenth century
Subtitle: Keats, Tennyson, and Hopkins
By: by Betsy Winakur Tontiplaphol
Series: The nineteenth century series gerneral editors' preface
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9781409404897; 9781409404903
Subjects: Literature and society; Senses and sensation in literature; Poetics; History and criticism; Criticism and interpretation; Luxury in literature; History; English poetry
Description: Beginning with John Keats and tracing a line of influence through Alfred Lord Tennyson and Gerard Manley Hopkins, Tontiplaphol draws on established narratives of the nineteenth century's social and literary developments to describe the relationship between poetics and luxury in an age when imperial trade and domestic consumerism reached a fevered pitch. Her book is at once a study of influence, a socio-historical critique and a form-focused assessment of three century-defining voices.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-202) and index.