ENG 3318 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Negative Capability
13 Mar 2017
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Letters: negative capability own term, explored meaning in letters with friends, p. 967-968: to george and thomas keats , i had not all consideration , connection between keats and barthes" the death of the author , p. 973 (i mean . No nature? : poetic voice talking to us. Odes: paradox, personnification, questions, elaborate details, general statement at the end, praise, public celebration more than private. Odes to psyche: - p. 925: to psyche, later story, less written of (rather than cupid, in the act of worship, he creates her as a goddess, world slowed to appreciate the human mind. Inward turn to psychology: how is celebration of psyche, celebration of human self, less of more conventional orthodox, inward look on self, olympus"s days are over, psyche not fully understood. Provides new venue for keats to adore: religion is cultural construct now mythology, faith is important, though.
