The field of imagination : Thomas Paine and eighteenth-century poetry / Scott M. Cleary.
| Author/creator | Cleary, Scott author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2019. |
| Copyright Date | ©2019 |
| Description | xi, 172 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| 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. |
| Abstract | "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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | Biography. |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| LCCN | 2019016150 |
| ISBN | 9780813942933 hardcover alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 0813942934 hardcover alkaline paper |
| ISBN | electronic book |