The Poetics of Sensibility A Revolution in

Jerome McGann's exciting new work represents the most significant intervention in Romantic studies since his The Romantic Ideology . It takes as its prime aim the reading of neglected poetry, principally by women, which qualifies as either poetry of sensibility or poetry of sentiment. It is certain to provoke discussion among anyone interested in the hundred years of poetry it considers. Writers discussed include: Ann Batten Cristall, Benardin, Coleridge, Erasmus Darwin, Thomas Gray, Francis Greville, Felicia Hemans, William Jones, Keats, Ossian, Mary Robinson, Schiller, Shelley, Wordsworth, and Ann Yearsley. This newest work by the preeminent critic of Romantic poetry will attract students and scholars of English literature and Women's Studies.

Preface	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Roads of Excess	p. 11
A Disordering of the Senses	p. 13
Coleridge's 'Eolian Harp' and The Motion of Thought	p. 19
Thomas Gray's 'thoughts, That Breathe And Words, That Burn'	p. 24
Ossian as a Poetry of Knowledge	p. 33
'Sensate Hearts': The Poetry of Sensibility	p. 41
Learning by Doing: the Example Of'the Amourous Lady'	p. 43
Frances Greville's 'A Prayer for Indifference'	p. 50
Ann Yearsley's 'Remonstrance In The Platonic Shade, Flourishing On An Height'	p. 55
Motherhood and the Self Unknown	p. 65
The Literal World of the English Della Cruscans	p. 74
Mary Robinson and the Myth Of Sappho	p. 94
The 'Feeling Mind' of Sentimental Poetry	p. 117
Sentimental Grounds: Schiller Wordsworth, Bernardin, Shelley, Keats	p. 119
Enlightened Minds: Sir William Jones And Erasmus Darwin	p. 127
Sentimentalism as Consumption And Exchange	p. 136
Waking from Adam's Dream: L.E.L.'s Art of Disillusion	p. 143
The Loss of Sentimental Poetry	p. 150
Conclusion: Starting from Death The Poetry of Ann Batten Cristall	p. 195
Bibliography	p. 207
Index	p. 215
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