ISLAND SOLITUDES - SELFHOOD AND OTHERNESS IN THE POETRY OF MATTHEW ARNOLD AND THOMAS HARDY
ISLAND SOLITUDES - SELFHOOD AND OTHERNESS IN THE POETRY OF MATTHEW ARNOLD AND THOMAS HARDY
Author(s): Octavian MoreSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: distancing; experience; Matthew Arnold; the Other; Self; Thomas Hardy;
Summary/Abstract: Reinforcing the view that the Victorian poetic stance is intimately and inextricably connected with the sphere of ideas, this paper provides an examination of a selection of representative titles by Matthew Arnold and Thomas Hardy, in an attempt to highlight the similarities and differences regarding the poets’ treatment of the seminal dialectic between selfhood and otherness, perception and experience, engagement and ascetic distancing.
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 25/2019
- Issue No: 25
- Page Range: 71-80
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English
