Poetry of Attention in the Eighteenth Century
1st Edition
Published on 17. December 2015
XII, 263 pages
978-1-137-31360-7 (ISBN)
Description
By identifying a pervasive cultivation of attention as a perceptual and cognitive state in eighteenth-century poetry, this book explores overt themes of attention and demonstrate techniques of readerly attention.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Palgrave Macmillan US
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
XII, 263 p.
File size
1,08 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-137-31360-7 (9781137313607)
DOI
10.1057/9781137313607
Schweitzer Classification
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Person
Margaret Koehler is an associate professor of English at Otterbein University.
Content
Introduction: 'Let me be all, but my attention, dead' History and Theory of Attention in the Eighteenth Century The Filter of Attention and Indissoluble Attractors in Eighteenth-Century Mock-Heroic Poetry Multiple Sensory Modalities of Attention Landscape Poetry I: The Discovery of Receptivity Landscape Poetry II: The Practice of Receptivity Cowper's Task of Attention Odes of Absorption 'Attention is everywhere'
