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  • Hardcover: 312 pages
  • Publisher: Yale University Press (March 31, 2015)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0300174799
  • ISBN-13: 978-0300174793
  • Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 1.1 x 9.2 inches
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5.0 out of 5 starsFor the question more than for the answer
By Shalom Freedman HALL OF FAME on April 18, 2015
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It is not merit alone but a host of subsidiary factors which enable literary immortality. Wordsworth was helped by the tourist rush to the Lake District- Jane Austen by a nephew's biography, Keats by dying young. Comparing the Romantic writers we consider great in comparison to others known today only by scholars Jackson makes the case that the ancillary elements are crucial importance.
Beginning her work with an informative survey of Classical Roman views of literary fame she seems to suggest that the realm of immortal poets might well be broadened.
However in a most interesting review of this book the critic Adam Kirsch suggests that most modern poets do not have their eyes on the realm of Immortality the way poets once did. He attributes this to the democratization of 'immortality' in today's new media world, and also to the sense that when Humanity itself is conceived as mortal the question of individual mortality seems less relevant.
In any case Jackson's study focuses on a question which has been of supreme interest to poets, and provides an interesting and for me new perspective on the way Literary reputation is acquired and maintained.
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4.0 out of 5 starsA fresh look at the construction of the canon of English Romantic poetry
By Alexander Zubatov on October 14, 2015
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This book presents a discussion of the sometimes fickle trajectories of the posthumous reputations of Romantic poets. It is a worthwhile read for anyone who naively believes that the Canon is a purely rational construct in which the cream will inevitably rise to the top on the strength of its undeniable aesthetic merit. Prof. Jackson discusses cases of authors such as Wordsworth who achieved widespread fame and recognition during their lifetimes and never let go of it in the afterlife, cases such as Robert Southey or Walter Scott, i.e., authors whose reputations soared and then plummeted, others such as John Clare who were neglected in their day and for a long while afterwards but became belated "recovery projects" finally earning their place in the Canon and others who have been unjustly neglected to this day. She also attempts to discuss various theories of how posthumous reputation/immortality is attained and to discuss the most significant factors that may play a role in the process, with actual aesthetic quality being only one among many and requiring only that the author's work be above a certain threshold to qualify him for consideration among the "greats," with other relevant factors being the quantity of the author's work, his biography, his appeal to multiple audiences (non-readers, readers, critics and other authors), influential works written about him by critics, his own efforts to elevate his reputation, etc. All of this is interesting and enlightening, and Prof. Jackson's writing is not bogged down by academic jargon or what non-humanities-types would call "theoretical mumbo jumbo" (though I'm personally fine with such language where it has its place).Read more ›
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