'When tuneful bards awak'd the song sublime': the bardic sublime in romantic poetry, 1750-1825

<p>This thesis introduces my conception of the “bardic sublime” in the poetry of Thomas Gray, William Blake, William Wordsworth and Felicia Hemans. I present the bardic sublime as a form of poetic rhetoric: one which foregrounds the affective qualities associated with the ancient Welsh bard –...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Fender, K
Other Authors:	McAlpine, E
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2016
Subjects:	Felicia Hemans Welsh Poetry Romanticism Celticism Romantic art Eighteenth-century literature The Romantic period Romantic literature Eighteenth-century art The sublime Wales Eighteenth-century William Blake Thomas Gray Long eighteenth century William Wordsworth Bards Eighteenth-century poetry Romantic poetry Cultural memory Wales in literature Edmund Burke Druids Landscape

'When tuneful bards awak'd the song sublime': the bardic sublime in romantic poetry, 1750-1825

Similar Items