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Oxford University Press - Wordsworth's Unremembered Pleasure

Name: Oxford University Press - Wordsworth's Unremembered Pleasure
Brand: Oxford University Press
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Explore a fresh perspective on one of the most significant figures in English poetry. While William Wordsworth is often called the poet of memory, this volume from Oxford University Press introduces a new way to understand his work. It focuses on the concept of unremembered pleasure, an idea found in Tintern Abbey that many readers miss. This book looks at how Wordsworth's poems identify and describe a wide range of satisfactions that are often unconscious, unnoticed, or previously unfelt. By examining both his famous works and his lesser-known writing, the text offers new interpretations that change how we view his creative process. This volume also provides a challenge to the traditional psychoanalytic readings of Romanticism. Instead of using trauma to explain the limits of memory in literature, this study looks at the positive, subtle satisfactions that define his poetry. It is an essential read for students, scholars, and anyone interested in literary theory and the history of Romantic poetry.

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Provides new interpretations of major and under-studied writings by William Wordsworth.

Examines the concept of unremembered pleasure found in Tintern Abbey to deepen literary understanding.

Challenges traditional psychoanalytic readings of Romanticism that focus on trauma.

Analyzes how poems articulate unconscious and previously unnoticed satisfactions.

Offers a scholarly look at the relationship between memory and poetic expression.

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Brand: Oxford University Press
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0198856989
Category: Books > Subjects > Poetry, Drama & Criticism > History & Criticism > Literary Theory & Movements
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 29 October 2020
Listed Since: 14 February 2020

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