Bevis, Matthew
Wordsworth's Fun
- ISBN 13:
- 9780226652191
- author:
- Bevis, Matthew
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2019
- Pages:
- 264
- Dimensions:
- 22.9 x 15.2 centimetres
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Literary Criticsm, European,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
William Wordsworth's creative spirit was often misunderstood as serious and sombre. However, Matthew Bevis reveals that this poet's quixotic nature was rooted in a profound love of comedy. In "Wordsworth's Fun", Bevis explores the poet's debt to classical tradition, his reworkings of Ariosto, Erasmus, and Cervantes, and his engagement with forms of English poetic humour. Through close reading and cultural analysis, Bevis uncovers Wordsworth's fascination with laughing gas, pantomime, the figure of the fool, and the value of play. This fresh perspective sheds light on how one poet's unique sense of humour helped shape modern literary experiment.
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