Poetics of Luxury in the Nineteenth Century: Keats, Tennyson, and Hopkins by Bet

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Beginning with John Keats and tracing a line of influence through Alfred Lord Tennyson and Gerard Manley Hopkins, Betsy Tontiplaphol draws on established narratives of the nineteenth century's social and literary developments to describe the relationship between poetics and luxury in an age when imperial trade and domestic consumerism reached a fevered pitch. The "luscious poem," as Tontiplaphol defines it, is a subset of the luxurious, a category that suggests richness in combination with enclosure and intimacy. For Keats, Tontiplaphol suggests, the psychological virtues of luscious experience generated a new poetics, one that combined his Romantic predecessors' sense of the ameliorative power of poetry with his own revaluation of space, both physical and prosodic. Her approach blends cultural context with close attention to the formal and affective qualities of poetry as she describes the efforts of Keats and his equally"though differently"anxious Victorian inheritors to develop textual spaces as luscious as the ones their language describes. For all three poets, that effort entailed rediscovering and reinterpreting the list, or catalogue, and each chapter's textual and formal analyses are offered in counterpoint to careful examination of the century's luscious materialities. Her book is at once a study of influence, a socio-historical critique, and a form-focused assessment of three century-defining voices.

FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Author Biography

Betsy Winakur Tontiplaphol is Assistant Professor of English at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, where she teaches courses in nineteenth-century British literature, especially poetry.

Table of Contents

General Editors' Preface, Vincent Newey; Introduction, Betsy Winakur Tontiplaphol; Chapter 1 Wherewith They Weave a Paradise, Betsy Winakur Tontiplaphol; Chapter 2 Out Flew the Web and Floated Wide, Betsy Winakur Tontiplaphol; Chapter 3 Where, Where Was a, Where Was a Place?, Betsy Winakur Tontiplaphol; Chapter 102 Epilogue, Betsy Winakur Tontiplaphol;

Review

'Tontiplaphol defines a poetics of luxury that makes a significant contribution to our understanding of Victorian poetry.' N-NOL19 'Poetics of Luxury is always accessible, ambitious, and interesting.' Victorian Studies '... as [Tontiplaphol's] chapters progress, and each new poet is introduced, layers are added to her arguments, which finally draw together to make up [...] an intriguing whole.' BARS Bulletin '... sections of the book function as something close to a poetically rich biography... compelling, and point[s] the way towards future work on the relationship between literature and commodity culture.' Tennyson Research Bulletin

Long Description

Beginning with John Keats and tracing a line of influence through Alfred Lord Tennyson and Gerard Manley Hopkins, Betsy Tontiplaphol draws on established narratives of the nineteenth century's social and literary developments to describe the relationship between poetics and luxury in an age when imperial trade and domestic consumerism reached a fevered pitch. The "luscious poem," as Tontiplaphol defines it, is a subset of the luxurious, a category that suggests richness in combination with enclosure and intimacy. For Keats, Tontiplaphol suggests, the psychological virtues of luscious experience generated a new poetics, one that combined his Romantic predecessors' sense of the ameliorative power of poetry with his own revaluation of space, both physical and prosodic. Her approach blends cultural context with close attention to the formal and affective qualities of poetry as she describes the efforts of Keats and his equally though differently anxious Victorian inheritors to develop textual spaces as luscious as the ones their language describes. For all three poets, that effort entailed rediscovering and reinterpreting the list, or catalogue, and each chapter's textual and formal analyses are offered in counterpoint to careful examination of the century's luscious materialities. Her book is at once a study of influence, a socio-historical critique, and a form-focused assessment of three century-defining voices."

Details ISBN1138268194 Year 2016 ISBN-10 1138268194 ISBN-13 9781138268197 Format Paperback Series Nineteenth Century Imprint Routledge Subtitle Keats, Tennyson, and Hopkins Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 821.8093557 Author Betsy Winakur Tontiplaphol Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Publication Date 2016-11-17 Short Title Poetics of Luxury in the Nineteenth Century Language English UK Release Date 2016-11-17 AU Release Date 2016-11-17 NZ Release Date 2016-11-17 Alternative 9781409404897 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education Pages 224 We've got this

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