Shelley's Visual ImaginationShelley's drafts and notebooks, which have recently been published for the first time, are very revealing about the creative processes behind his poems, and show - through illustrations and doodles - an unexpectedly vivid visual imagination which contributed in a major way to the effect of his poetry. Shelley's Visual Imagination analyzes both verbal script and visual sketches in his manuscripts to interpret the lively personifications of concepts such as 'Liberty', 'Anarchy', or 'Life' in his completed poems. Challenging the persistent assumption that Shelley's poetry in particular and Romantic poetry more generally reject the visual for expressive voice or music, this study combines criticism with a focus upon bibliographic codes and iconic pages. The product of years of study, this much-anticipated book will be of great value for all students of Shelley. |
Contents
text and figure | 1 |
Chapter 2 Mab s metamorphoses | 28 |
visual texts invisible figure | 49 |
communicating Greek liberty in Laon and Cythna | 68 |
representing liberty | 95 |
Chapter 6 Refiguring genre in Shelleys Ode to Liberty | 123 |
drafting as plot in Epipsychidion | 140 |
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