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Philosophical Connections: Akenside, Neoclassicism, Romanticism
By (author) Chris Townsend
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Neoclassical and Romantic verse cultures are often assumed to sit in an oppositional relationship to one another, with the latter amounting to a hostile reaction against the former. But there are in fact a good deal of continuities between the two movements, ones that strike at the heart of the evolution of verse forms in the period. This Element proposes that the mid-eighteenth-century poet Mark Akenside, and his hugely influential Pleasures of Imagination, represent a case study in the deep connections between Neoclassicism and Romanticism. Akenside's poem offers a vital illustration of how verse was a rival to philosophy in the period, offering a new perspective on philosophic problems of appearance, or how the world 'seems to be'. What results from this is a poetic form of knowing: one that foregrounds feeling over fact, that connects Neoclassicism and Romanticism, and that Akenside called the imagination's 'pleasures'.
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Publisher | Cambridge University Press
Published date | 19 May 2022
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 78
Dimensions | 228 x 151 x 5mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 120g
ISBN | 978-1-0092-2297-6
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BISAC | literary criticism / poetry
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