| James Thomson's Defence of Poetry: Intertextual Allusion in »The Seasons« Reprint 2011 Edition Contributor(s): Lethbridge, Stefanie (Author) |
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ISBN: 348445038X ISBN-13: 9783484450387 Publisher: de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $146.30 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2003 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Language Arts & Disciplines |
| LCCN: 2003502601 |
| Series: Studien Zur Englischen Philologie. Neue Folge |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.28 lbs) 287 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This study presents a contextual and intertextual reading of James Thomson's (1700--1748) poem The Seasons, taking into consideration some of the presuppositions and habitus of the text's cultural community and the function of the poem's many intertextual allusions. An intertextual reading reveals The Seasons, though heterogeneous on its surface, as coherent in its cultural functionality. An analysis of the poem's intertext uncovers textual strategies that attempt to re-legitimise poetic discourse as a culturally relevant force especially in relation to the newly privileged discourse of natural philosophy. |