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Mania and Literary Style: The Rhetoric of Enthusiasm from the Ranters to Christopher Smart - Cambridge Studies in Eighteenth-Century English Literature and Thought Hawes, Clement (Southern Illinois University, Carbondale)
Mania and Literary Style: The Rhetoric of Enthusiasm from the Ranters to Christopher Smart - Cambridge Studies in Eighteenth-Century English Literature and Thought
Hawes, Clement (Southern Illinois University, Carbondale)
This highly original study identifies a line of influence running from the radical visionary and prophetic writing of the Ranters and their fellow enthusiasts to the work of Jonathan Swift and Christopher Smart, and offers a powerful critique of pervasive assumptions about madness and sanity in literature.
256 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | November 3, 2005 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521022026 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 256 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 17 mm · 403 g |
| Language | English |
| Series Editor | Erskine-hill, Howard |
| Series Editor | Richetti, John |