The Theory of Inspiration

The Theory of Inspiration Composition as a Crisis of Subjectivity in Romantic and Post-Romantic Writing

Hardback (31 Jul 1997)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Clark throws up surprising readings of the theory of inspiration in Western poetics since the Enlightenment, such as the place of mass 'enthusiasm' or crowd psychology in Romantic conceptions of inspiration, and surrealism in anti-humanist poetics.

Book information

ISBN: 9780719050640
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 809.1
DEWEY edition: 21
Number of pages: 320
Weight: 544g
Height: 234mm
Width: 156mm
Spine width: 31mm