Tennyson's rapture : transformation in the Victorian dramatic monologue /
Exploring Tennyson's representation of rapture as a radical mechanism of transformation and as a figure for critical processes in his own poetics, this volume offers a new approach to reading Victorian dramatic monologues.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2008.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Rapt Oration
- PART I: THE PERFORMANCE OF THE DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE
- 1 The Poetics and Politics of the Dramatic Monologue
- 2 Victorian Rapture
- PART II: UNREAL CITY: VICTORIANS IN TROY
- 3 Locating Troy
- 4 Ulysses and the Rapture of Troy
- PART III: THE RAPTURE OF THE SONG-BUILT CITY
- 5 Tithonus and the Performance of Masculine Beauty
- 6 Tithonus, Tiresias, and the Political Composition of the Song�built City
- Conclusion: Tennyson�s Apotheosis
- Notes
- Index
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- B
- C
- D
- E
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