The language of the senses : sensory-perceptual dynamics in Wordsworth, Coleridge, Thoreau, Whitman and Dickinson / Kerry McSweeney
1998. Liverpool University Press. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #443924
ISBN: 0853236631
Physical description: xiv, 208 p. Contents: Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Note on Texts and Citations -- Organic Sensibility -- Symbolic Perception -- Sublime or Mock Sublime? -- Wordsworth’s Mighty World of Eye and Ear -- Coleridge’s Blessed Interval -- Thoreau: A Purely Sensuous Life -- Whitman: The Feeling of Health -- Dickinson: The Glimmering Frontier -- Afterword: Two Victorian Seers -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index. Subjects: Wordsworth, William 1770-1850. Coleridge, Samuel Taylor 1772-1834. Thoreau, Henry David 1817-1862. Whitman, Walt 1819-1892. Dickinson, Emily 1830-1886. Criticism and interpretation. American poetry 19th century History and criticism. English poetry 19th century History and criticism.
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