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James Thomson's Defence of Poetry

Intertextual Allusion in »The Seasons«

Stefanie Lethbridge author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:De Gruyter

Published:8th Jul '03

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This study presents a contextual and intertextual reading of James Thomson's (1700--1748) poem »The Seasons«, taking into consideration some of the presuppositions and habitus of the text's cultural community and the function of the poem's many intertextual allusions. An intertextual reading reveals »The Seasons«, though heterogeneous on its surface, as coherent in its cultural functionality. An analysis of the poem's intertext uncovers textual strategies that attempt to re-legitimise poetic discourse as a culturally relevant force especially in relation to the newly privileged discourse of natural philosophy.

ISBN: 9783484450387

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 635g

287 pages

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