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The Epistolary Moment: The Poetics of the Eighteenth-Century Verse Epistle
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Full Title:
The Epistolary Moment: The Poetics of the Eighteenth-Century Verse Epistle
Contributors:
By (Author) William C. Dowling
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
28th June 2016
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Literary studies: poetry and poets
Dewey:
821.509
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Hardback
Number of Pages:
230
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
Weight:
482g
Description
The eighteenth-century verse epistle, argues William Dowling, was an attempt to solve in literary terms the dilemma of solipsism as raised by Locke and Hume. The focus of The Epistolary Moment is on internal audience in poetry--the audience "inside" the poem, created by its discourse and belonging to its world--as this divides in epistolary poetry
