Poetry and the idea of progress, 1760-1790. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: John Regan.
• Authors: Regan, John, 1979-
• Contents: List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One: The Cultural Logic of Progress; Part Two: ElocutionaryPoetics in the Context of ‘Taste’; 1. Progress by Prescription; 2. Thomas Sheridan and the Divine Harmony of Progress; Part One: Harmony Articulated; Part Two: From Disinterestedness to the Divine; 3. ‘There Is a Natural Propensity in the Human Mind to Apply Number and Measure to Every Thing We Hear’: Monboddo, Steele and Prosody as Rhythm; Part One: Monboddo’s Theory of Linguistic Progress; Part Two: Steele’s Emphasis; Part Three: Rhythm as Prosody; 4. ‘[C]ut into, distorted, twisted’: Thomas Percy, Editing and the Idea of Progress; Part One: The Stadial Antiquarian; Part Two: Prosody as Pressure Point; 5. ‘Manners’ and ‘Marked Prosody’: Hugh Blair and Henry Home, Lord Kames; Afterword: Rude Manners, ‘Stately’ Measures: Byron and the Idea of Progress in the New Century; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: London : Anthem Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 821/.609; English poetry -- 18th century -- History and criticism; Progress; Progress in literature; Poésie anglaise -- 18e siècle -- Histoire et critique; Progrès; Progrès dans la littérature; POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; English poetry; Progress; Progress in literature; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781783087730; 1783087730; 9781783087747; 1783087749
• Related ISBNs: 9781783087723; 1783087722
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 7, 2018)
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