Philosophical Connections

Akenside, Neoclassicism, Romanticism

By:

Chris Townsend

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Series:

Elements in Eighteenth-Century Connections

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Neoclassical and Romantic verse cultures are often assumed to sit in an oppositional relationship to one another, with the latter amounting to a hostile reaction against the former. But there are in fact a good deal of continuities between the two movements, ones that strike at the heart of the evolution of verse forms in the period. This Element proposes that the mid-eighteenth-century poet Mark Akenside, and his hugely influential Pleasures of Imagination, represent a case study in the deep connections between Neoclassicism and Romanticism. Akenside's poem offers a vital illustration of how verse was a rival to philosophy in the period, offering a new perspective on philosophic problems of appearance, or how the world 'seems to be'. What results from this is a poetic form of knowing: one that foregrounds feeling over fact, that connects Neoclassicism and Romanticism, and that Akenside called the imagination's 'pleasures'.

Release date Australia

May 19th, 2022

Author

Chris Townsend

Audience

General (US: Trade)

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Worked examples or Exercises

Pages

Series

Elements in Eighteenth-Century Connections

Dimensions

151x228x5

ISBN-13

9781009222976

Product ID

35717963

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