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Lehigh University Press, Blue Ridge Summit
The Genres of Thomson's The Seasons brings together contributions examining the different generic modes and discourses in Thomson's descriptive long poem. It aims to provide a better understanding of the generic remit of The Seasons and of the...
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The Genres of Thomson's The Seasons brings together contributions examining the different generic modes and discourses in Thomson's descriptive long poem. It aims to provide a better understanding of the generic remit of The Seasons and of the transformation of poetic genres in the eighteenth century in general. Intro -- Contents -- A Note on the Text -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- I: Structure and Form: The Making of the Long Poem -- 1 Richard Blackmore, James Thomson, Alexander Pope, and the Creation of the Eighteenth-Century Long Poem -- 2 Poetic Description and the Formation of Genre -- 3 From Inter- to Intratextuality -- II: Poetic Voice, Experimentation, and Generic Modulation -- 4 The Lyric Self in The Seasons -- 5 Eschatology and the Pindaric Ode in James Thomson's Winter (1726) -- 6 Be-longing: Thomson's "Soft Assemblage" and the Erotics of Genre -- 7 The Articulation of Genre in The Seasons -- III: Revisiting the Georgic -- 8 The Golden Age and Iron Times -- 9 Fervent Bees, Dreaming Dogs, Human Insects, and Animal Fellowship in The Seasons -- 10 The European Georgic and the Politics of Genre -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Editors -- About the Contributors.
