Thomas Hood and nineteenth-century poetry: Work, play, and politicsManchester University Press, 16 mai 2016 - 232 pages This is the first modern critical study of Thomas Hood, the popular and influential nineteenth-century poet, editor, cartoonist and voice of social protest. Acclaimed by Dickens, the Brownings and the Rossettis, Hood’s quirky, diverse output bridges the years between 1820 and 1845 and offers fascinating insights for Romanticists and Victorianists alike. |
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... relationship with Romantic authorship that is by turns deferential and deflationary , sometimes inviting us to see him as a ' minor ' or ' belated ' figure , yet simultaneously undermining the values that underlie such distinctions ...
... relationships to forms similar but diverse . In Chapter 4 I consider the grotesque as a richly fruitful axis for understanding Hood's work across different genres . Hood has long been identified as an exponent of the grotesque : Ruskin ...
... relationship with words as signs is distinctive . In a letter of May 18331 Hood writes to fellow - engraver John Wright about a seaside holiday that he is enjoying ( Fig . 1.1 ) . Exuberantly breaking the formal rule of line , the ...
... relationship . Hood learned , minutely , to copy backwards , in a format where letters are just one form of malleable sign : skills that underwrite his gift for parody and his sensitivity to the ' doodle ' and ' babble ' qualities of ...
... relationship , with the result that their intended meaning is subject to contextual dis- ruption and potential subversion . A good example of this play is the kite that a naughty boy from the Seneca House Academy has made out of the ...
Table des matières
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39 | |
the audience as subject | 73 |
Hood and the grotesque | 99 |
Hoods tied trope | 141 |
work play and criticism | 176 |
Select bibliography | 203 |
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
Thomas Hood and Nineteenth-Century Poetry: Work, Play and Politics Sara Lodge Affichage d'extraits - 2007 |
Thomas Hood and Nineteenth-Century Poetry: Work, Play and Politics Sara Lodge Aucun aperçu disponible - 2007 |
Thomas Hood and Nineteenth-Century Poetry: Work, Play, and Politics Sara Lodge Aucun aperçu disponible - 2013 |