1st Edition
Shelley's Music Fantasy, Authority and the Object Voice
By Paul A. Vatalaro
Copyright 2009
218 Pages
by
Routledge
218 Pages
by
Routledge
218 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 2009. This book argues that the images of and allusions to music in Shelley’s writing demonstrate his attempt to infuse the traditionally masculine word with the traditionally feminine voice and music. This further extends to his even more fundamental desire to integrate the "object voice" with his own subjectivity. For Shelley, what plagues this integration is the prospect of... Read more
List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Subjectivity and the Self-Present Voice 2 Poetic Authority and "Interpassivity" 3 Sounding the "Real" 4 Power, Desire and Poetics; Conclusion: Fantasy and Renunciation; Bibliography; Index
Biography
Vatalaro Paul A.
