Romantic Poets and the Culture of Posterity

Andrew (University of Bristol) Bennett

Cambridge University Press, 1999

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This 1999 book offers a theory of reception governing Romantic poetry, through its culture of posterity - a tradition of writing which demands that the poet should write for an audience of the future: the true poet, a figure of neglected genius, can be properly appreciated only after death.

ISBN-13
9780521641449
ISBN-10
0521641446
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1999
Publication date
1999-12-02
Pages
288
Dimensions
161x237x24
Weight
572