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Author:

Cleary, Scott author.

Title:

The field of imagination : Thomas Paine and eighteenth-century poetry / Scott M. Cleary.

Publisher:

University of Virginia Press,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

xi, 172 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Paine, Thomas,--1737-1809--Criticism and interpretation.
Paine, Thomas,--1737-1809--Literary style.
Paine, Thomas,--1737-1809--Influence.
Paine, Thomas,--1737-1809.
American poetry--18th century--History and criticism.
Political poetry, American--History and criticism.
Epigraphs (Literature)
Poets, American--Biography.
Revolutionaries--United States--Biography.
American poetry.
Epigraphs (Literature)
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Literary style.
Poets, American.
Political poetry, American.
Revolutionaries.
United States.
1700-1799
Biography.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Wit is naturally a volunteer : poetry and print culture in the Pennsylvania magazine -- Speak of it as it is : forms of liberty in Paine's early poetry -- The shifted vision : James Thomson and Common sense -- Pen and soul ; glory and nothing : Charles Churchill and Crisis II -- The field of imagination : public and private spheres in Paine's manuscript poetry -- Tom the bodice-maker : Paine in English poetry of the 1790s -- The manly page : Philip Freneau's poetic affinities -- Repay thy labors : Joel Barlow's poetic predilections.

Summary:

"The first book-length study of Thomas Paine as a poet, this book also examines his use of poetic epigraphs, his image in eighteenth-century political poetry, and his influence on later American poets"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0813942934
9780813942933

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1091585555

LCCN:

2019016150

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)