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  1. The language of the senses
    sensory-perceptual dynamics in Wordsworth, Coleridge, Thoreau, Whitman and Dickinson
    Published: 1998
    Publisher:  McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal [Que.] ; EBSCO Industries, Inc., Birmingham, AL, USA

    "McSweeney discusses the sensory acuity that informs the finest achievements of Wordsworth, Coleridge, Thoreau, Whitman, and Dickinson and which, when blunted by illness or age, contributes to an attenuation of their creative power. He supplies a... more

    Bibliothek der Hochschule Mainz, Untergeschoss
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    "McSweeney discusses the sensory acuity that informs the finest achievements of Wordsworth, Coleridge, Thoreau, Whitman, and Dickinson and which, when blunted by illness or age, contributes to an attenuation of their creative power. He supplies a "sensory profile" or sensory history for each author and through close readings shows how this profile affected their relationship to the external world and their powers of symbolic perception."--Jacket.

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780773567276; 0773567275
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 208 pages)
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    Includes bibliographical references and index

  2. The language of the senses
    sensory-perceptual dynamics in Wordsworth, Coleridge, Thoreau, Whitman and Dickinson
    Published: 1998
    Publisher:  McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal [Que.]

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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Hochschulbibliothek, Standort Weiden
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0773517405; 0773567275; 9780773517400; 9780773567276
    Subjects: Senses and sensation in literature; Perception in literature; Poésie anglaise / 19e siècle / Histoire et critique; Poésie américaine / 19e siècle / Histoire et critique; Sens et sensations dans la littérature; Littérature américaine / 19e siècle / Histoire et critique; Littérature américaine / 19e siècle / Thèmes, motifs; Wahrnehmung / Lyrik / englische / Geschichte 19. Jh; Wahrnehmung / Lyrik / amerikanische / Geschichte 19. Jh; Lyrik / englische / Wahrnehmung / Geschichte 19. Jh; Lyrik / amerikanische / Wahrnehmung / Geschichte 19. Jh; English poetry / 19th century / History and criticism; American poetry / 19th century / History and criticism; Senses and sensation; Perception; LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry; American poetry; English poetry; Perception; Senses and sensation; English poetry; American poetry; Senses and sensation; Perception
    Other subjects: Dickinson, Emily / 1830-1886 / Critique et interprétation; Dickinson, Emily / 1830-1886 / Thèmes, motifs; Wordsworth, William / 1770-1850 / Critique et interprétation; Wordsworth, William / 1770-1850 / Thèmes, motifs; Coleridge, Samuel Taylor / 1772-1834 / Critique et interprétation; Coleridge, Samuel Taylor / 1772-1834 / Thèmes, motifs; Thoreau, Henry David / 1817-1862 / Critique et interprétation; Thoreau, Henry David / 1817-1862 / Thèmes, motifs; Whitman, Walt / 1819-1892 / Critique et interprétation; Whitman, Walt / 1819-1892 / Thèmes, motifs
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 208 p.)
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and index

    "McSweeney discusses the sensory acuity that informs the finest achievements of Wordsworth, Coleridge, Thoreau, Whitman, and Dickinson and which, when blunted by illness or age, contributes to an attenuation of their creative power. He supplies a "sensory profile" or sensory history for each author and through close readings shows how this profile affected their relationship to the external world and their powers of symbolic perception."--BOOK JACKET.