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Prophetic strain : the greater lyric in the eighteenth century
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Prophetic strain : the greater lyric in the eighteenth century

Author: Anne Williams
Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1984.
Edition/Format:   Book : English
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Anne Williams
ISBN: 0226899179 9780226899176 0226899160 9780226899169
OCLC Number: 10208014
Notes: "A Chicago original paperback."
Description: x, 185 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents: pt. 1. Lyric explorations: What is the lyric? --
Epistle into lyric: Eloisa to Abelard --
The rise of the lyric --
Early flourishes of prophetic strain: The seasons and night thoughts --
pt. 2. Lyric appropriations: Satire into lyric: The vanity of human wishes --
Elegy into lyric: Elegy written in a country churchyard --
Pastoral into lyric: The deserted village --
Tragedy into lyric: The ruined cottage --
Wordsworth's Intimations ode: the fortunate fall --
Appendix: "Il penseroso" --
The "poems" of Gray's Elegy.
Responsibility: Anne Williams.

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