Mania and Literary Style The Rhetoric of Enthusiasm from the Ranters to Christopher Smart |
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| Author:
| Hawes, Clement |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Eighteenth-Century English Literature and Thought Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-511-83534-6 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2011 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Digital download and online |
| List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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This highly original study identifies a line of influence running from the radical visionary and prophetic writing of the Ranters and their fellow enthusiasts to the work of Jonathan Swift and Christopher Smart, and offers a powerful critique of pervasive assumptions about madness and sanity in literature.
This highly original study identifies a line of influence running from the radical visionary and prophetic writing of the Ranters and their fellow enthusiasts to the work of Jonathan Swift and Christopher Smart, and offers a powerful critique of pervasive assumptions about madness and sanity in literature.