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Record Nr.

UNINA9910484456503321

Autore

Beckman Richard

Titolo

Charm in Literature from Classical to Modernism [[electronic resource] ] : Charmed Life / / by Richard Beckman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-25345-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (X, 157 p. 1 illus.)

Collana

Palgrave pivot

Disciplina

809

Soggetti

Literature—History and criticism

Comparative literature

Literature, Modern

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

Literary History

Comparative Literature

Shakespeare

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

I. Preface -- II. The Sirens in Homer -- III. Charm in Chaucer -- IV. Spenser versus Charm -- V. Shakespeare and Charm -- VI. Milton and Dryden -- VII. Pope -- VIII. Charm transfigured -- IX. Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Byron -- X. Gaskell, Thackeray, and Joyce -- XI. Acerbic Charm; Ludic Charm -- XII. Proust -- XIII. Charm and Cleverness in Joyce -- XIV. Mann’s Felix Krull.

Sommario/riassunto

Charm in Literature from Classical to Modernism: Charmed Life discusses charm as both an emotional and aesthetic phenomenon. Beginning with the first appearance of literary charm in the Sirens episode of the Odyssey, Richard Beckman traces charm throughout canonical literature, examining the metamorphoses of charm through the millennia. The book examines the works of Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare, Milton, Pope, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Proust, Joyce, Mann, and others, considering the multiplicity of ways charm is defined, depicted, and utilized by authors. Positioning these poems, dramas, and novels as case studies, Beckman reveals the mercurial yet enduring



connotations of charm. .