| Description |
vi, 312 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction. 1. Orientations: the space of composition. 2. Enthusiasmos: archaic Greece and Plato's Ion -- Case studies. 3. Enthusiasm and enlightenment. 4. The fantasy crowd 1: 'power' in Wordsworth's The prelude. 5. Infinite inspiration: Holderlin and Schelling. 6. The fantasy crowd 2: Shelley's A defence of poetry. 7. Inspiration and the romantic body: Nietzsche and H.D. 8. Surrealism, inspiration and the mediations of chance in Andre Breton. 9. Octavio Paz and Renge: the dispersal of inspiration? 10. Contradictory passion: inspiration in Blanchot's The space of literature (1955). 11. Dictation by heart: Derrida's 'Che cos'e la poesia?' and Celan's notion of the Atemwende -- Conclusion |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-294) and index |
| Subject |
Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Inspiration in literature.
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Literature, Modern -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
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Literature, Modern -- History and criticism.
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| LC no. |
96029805 |
| ISBN |
0719050642 |
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0719059836 (paperback) |
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