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Surprise the poetics of the unexpected from Milton to Austen

Title
Surprise [electronic resource] : the poetics of the unexpected from Milton to Austen / Christopher R. Miller.
Author
Miller, Christopher R., 1968-
Publication
Ithaca ; London : Cornell University, 2015.

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Description
1 online resource.
Uniform Title
Surprise (Online)
Alternative Title
Surprise (Online)
Subject
  • Surprise in literature
  • English literature > 18th century > History and criticism
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-265) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Source of Description (note)
  • Description based on print version record.
Contents
From Aristotle to emotion theory -- Being and feeling: the surprise attacks of Paradise Lost -- The accidental doctor: physics and metaphysics in Robinson Crusoe -- The purification of surprise in Pamela -- Fielding's statues of surprize -- Northanger Abbey and Gothic perception: Austen's aesthetics and ethics of surprise -- Wordsworthian shocks, gentle and otherwise -- Fine suddenness?: Keats's sense of a beginning.
LCCN
2019721502
OCLC
ssj0001484095
Author
Miller, Christopher R., 1968-
Title
Surprise [electronic resource] : the poetics of the unexpected from Milton to Austen / Christopher R. Miller.
Imprint
Ithaca ; London : Cornell University, 2015.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-265) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Note
Description based on print version record.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Other Form:
Print version: Surprise Ithaca ; London : Cornell University, 2015. 9780801453694 (cloth : alk. paper) (DLC) 2014030634
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