The Search for a Science of Verse, 1880 to the Present
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The Search for a Science of Verse, 1880-1940
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
Av Christian R. Gelder, Sydney) Gelder, Christian R. (Macquarie University
1 889 kr
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From large-scale quantitative studies in the digital humanities to AI-generated poetry, scientific reading seemingly reigns supreme. However, these reading practices preceded, and often shaped, modern literary criticism and the rise of close reading. The Search for a Science of Verse restores this history, tracing the unruly and deeply political attempts to fashion a scientific account of poetry from 1880 onwards. It also investigates a set of modern poets, from Laura Riding to Veronica Forrest-Thomson, who thought about how their verse offers a form of knowledge not reducible to scientific explanation. It gives an account of the singularity of poetic thinking in their work, which actualises instances of meaning-making that prioritise the singular over the rule-governed. The Search for a Science of Verse is thus a historical inquiry into how techno-scientific reason sought to exert its full domination over the poetic imagination-and how that imagination, in turn, responded.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2026-02-28
- Vikt500 g
- FormatInbunden
- SpråkEngelska
- Antal sidor280
- FörlagCambridge University Press
- ISBN9781009710213
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