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9781786941817: Keats's Negative Capability: New Origins and Afterlives
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ISBN 10 : 1786941813 ISBN 13 : 9781786941817
Editeur : Liverpool University Press, 2019

Synopsis

In late December 1817, when attempting to name what quality went to form a Man of Achievement especially in Literature John Keats coined the term negative capability which he glossed as "being in uncertainties, Mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact & reason. Since then negative capability has continued to shape assessments of and responses to Keats's work, while also surfacing in other contexts ranging from contemporary poetry to punk rock. The essays collected in this volume, taken as a whole, account for some of the history of negative capability, and propose new models and directions for its future in scholarly and popular discourse. The book does not propose a particular understanding of negative capability from among the many options (radical empathy, annihilation of self, philosophical skepticism, celebration of ambiguity) as the final word on the topic; rather, the book accounts for the multidimensionality of negative capability. Essays treat negative capability's relation to topics including the Christmas pantomime, psychoanalysis, Zen Buddhism, nineteenth-century medicine, and Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy. Describing the poetical Character Keats notes that it enjoys light and shade; it lives in gusto, be it foul or fair, high or low, rich or poor, mean or elevated. This book, too, revels in such multiplicity.

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À propos de l?auteur

Brian Rejack is Associate Professor of English at Illinois State University. Michael Theune is Professor of English at Illinois Wesleyan University.

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Éditeur
Liverpool University Press
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1786941813
ISBN 13 
9781786941817
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
320
Éditeur
Rejack Brian, Theune Michael
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9781800856721: Keats's Negative Capability: New Origins and Afterlives

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ISBN 10 :  1800856725 ISBN 13 :  9781800856721
Editeur : Liverpool University Press, 2021
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