Fresh strange music : Elizabeth Barrett Browning's language / / Donald S. Hair

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910461134603321
• Autore: Hair Donald S.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Montreal : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• ISBN: 0-7735-9767-0; 0-7735-9766-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (310 p.)
• Disciplina: 821/.8
• Soggetti: Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-294) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- 1. An essay on mind : "immortal Locke," Bacon, and "poesy's bright beams" -- 2. "The harmony of verse" -- 3. Tongues of angels, echoes of paradise -- 4. The romance of English poetry -- 5. Speech, silence, and "perplexed music" in Poems (1844) -- 6. "My rhymatology" : rhyme, rhythm, and world harmony -- 7. The language of prophecy : Casa Guidi windows -- 8. "The rhythmic turbulence/of blood and brain" : Aurora Leigh -- 9. Blessings, curses, and sweet music -- Overview and conclusion.