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OverviewThis perceptive, carefully documented study challenges the traditional assumption that the supernatural virtually disappeared from eighteenth-century poetry as a result of the growing rationalistic temper of the late seventeenth century. Mr. Morris shows that the religious poetry of eighteenth-century England, while not equaling the brilliant work of seventeenth-century and Romantic writers, does reveal a vital and serious effort to create a new kind of sacred poetry which would rival the sublimity of Milton and of the Bible itself. Tracing the major varieties of religious poetry written throughout the century -- by major figures and by their now vanished contemporaries -- the author explains how later poets and critics made significant departures from the established norms. These changes in religious poetry thus become a valuable means of understanding the shift from a neoclassical to a Romantic theory of literature. Full Product DetailsAuthor: David B. MorrisPublisher: The University Press of Kentucky Imprint: The University Press of Kentucky Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.525kg ISBN: 9780813153612ISBN 10: 0813153611 Pages: 274 Publication Date: 15 July 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationDavid B. Morris is an associate professor in the Department of Literature at American University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |