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
Criticism, interpretation, etc
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9786611158897, 9781281158895, 9781435630468, 9780198034285, 6611158898, 1281158895, 1435630467, 0198034288
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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; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
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