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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Romantic Languor: Images of Passivity in Romantic Poetry

Abstract

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Late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century poetry is filled with images of passivity to higher forces. Most common is the figure of the reclining poet, who invites inspiration or mystical, visionary experiences by relaxing mind and body and allowing wise, benevolent powers in nature or the

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
English
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2014

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Lau, Mary Elizabeth

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
eng

Identifiers

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Identifier
(UMI)AAI8017968
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/66337

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Last updated
2026-07-22
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citation

Lau, Mary Elizabeth. Romantic Languor: Images of Passivity in Romantic Poetry. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/66337