Leighton, Angela,

Shelley and the sublime : an interpretation of the major poems / Angela Leighton. - Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1984. - x, 195 p. ; PB. 23 cm.

Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
1. The sublime in the eighteenth century
2. Shelley: from empiricism to the sublime
3. Scepticism and sublime power: 'Hymn to Intellectual Beauty' and 'Mont Blanc'
4. The politics of creativity: Prometheus Unbound
5. Inspiration and the poet's skill: 'Ode to the West Wind' and 'To a Skylark'
6. Shelley's leisure for fiction: Adonais
7. Sleepers in the oblivious valley: The Triumph of Life
Notes
Bibliography
Index.

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ENGLISH POETRY
HUMOR AND SATIRE
PARODY

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