Kenneth A. Loparo

Gebundenes Buch

The Development of Byron's Philosophy of Knowledge

Certain in Uncertainty

Beschreibung

Taking a fresh approach to Byron, this book argues that he should be understood as a poet whose major works develop a carefully reasoned philosophy. Situating him with reference to the thought of the period, it argues for Byron as an active thinker, whose final philosophical stance - reader-centred scepticism - has extensive practical implications.

Autor

EMILY A. BERNHARD JACKSON is Assistant Professor of Nineteenth-Century British Literature at the University of Arkansas, USA, and a Visiting Fellow at Wolfson College, Cambridge, UK. She has written essays on Byron and on Edmund Spenser, as well as the introduction for the Broadview Anthology of British Literature: The Age of Romanticism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-230-23151-1
• 2010 edition
• Seitenzahl: 229
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 137mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 429g
• ISBN-13: 9780230231511
• ISBN-10: 0230231519
• Artikelnr.: 29924647

Rezensionen

'As a record of philosophical work done in the course of Byron's poetic career Bernhard Jackson's book succeeds in reaffirming the exuberance of the poet's misgivings.' - TLS

'Bernard Jackson provides a new approach to understanding Bryon's philosophical development - one that is sympathetic to the poet's oft-maligned intellectual powers...contributes to larger conversations about the function of poetry and reading in the nineteenth century and provides readers with material for future scholarly investigations of the poet's skepticism.' - Review 19