Wordsworth's poetry of repetition : romantic recapitulation /
"This study suggests that it is through recapitulation—by saying things over again—that Wordsworth achieves ‘sincere' verse. It explores aspects of poetic repetition including rhyme, metre, and form; ideas of ‘revisiting' (which might be imaginative, physical, or textual), and the not...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2023]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "This study suggests that it is through recapitulation—by saying things over again—that Wordsworth achieves ‘sincere' verse. It explores aspects of poetic repetition including rhyme, metre, and form; ideas of ‘revisiting' (which might be imaginative, physical, or textual), and the notion of Romantic ‘sincerity' itself. It also re-examines forms of writing which might be understood as inherently recapitulative. It draws on philosophies of repetition, historical resources interested in repetition in the Romantic Period more generally, and eighteenth-century enquiries into syntax and grammar, in order to establish a context for recapitulation in Wordsworth's poetry. The book suggests that in conceptual and literal instances, the most interesting aspect of Wordsworthian repetition is the way in which it persistently accommodates, negotiates, and exploits difference. It is interested in the way in which ideas of specificity and generality inhabit a similar space: Wordsworth's recapitulation, it argues, engenders a flexible form of representation which implies that the one can stand in for the many, generating a complex interplay of specific and general which does not always overtly draw attention to itself but which nonetheless underpins some of the most significant moments of Wordsworth's writing. Introductory chapters attend to key themes in general, and the argument proceeds via close readings of works in which the idea of recapitulation is either explored, performed, or both, demonstrating the poet's preoccupation with repetitions which accommodate and declare variation, and thus achieve the sincerity which preoccupies him throughout his career"--Publisher's description. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0191966789 9780191966781 0192697803 9780192697806 |