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.



Autorentext
Margaret Koehler is an associate professor of English at Otterbein University.

Inhalt
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'
Titel
Poetry of Attention in the Eighteenth Century
EAN
9781137313607
ISBN
978-1-137-31360-7
Format
E-Book (pdf)
Veröffentlichung
17.12.2015
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Wasserzeichen
Dateigrösse
1.03 MB
Anzahl Seiten
263
Jahr
2012
Untertitel
Englisch