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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Romantic Languor: Images of Passivity in Romantic Poetry
Abstract
dc:descriptionLate 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
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
-
- Lau, Mary Elizabeth
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Rights
- Language dc:language
- eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- (UMI)AAI8017968
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/66337