Life: Organic Form and RomanticismGigante offers a way to read ostensibly difficult poetry and reflects on the natural-philosophical idea of organic form and the discipline of literary studies. |
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User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictThe question "What is life?" was a major obsession shared by the British romantic poets, writing from 1760 through 1830, and the scientists of that era. In this carefully researched study, Gigante ... Read full review
Contents
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Smarts Powers Jubilate Agno | 49 |
Blakes Living Form Jerusalem | 106 |
Color illustrations | 114 |
Shelleys Vitalist Witch | 155 |
Common terms and phrases
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Life: Organic Form and Romanticism |
| Author | Denise Gigante |
| Publisher | Yale University Press, 2009 |
| ISBN | 0300155581, 9780300155587 |
| Length | 302 pages |
| Subjects | › › Literary Criticism / General Literary Criticism / Poetry Literary Criticism / Subjects & Themes / General |
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