Catachresis and the romantic will: The Imagination's usurpation in Wordworth's Prelude, book 6

The passage "Imagination" in "The Prelude", Book 6, by Wordsworth is discussed. The force of will exhibited in this passage is a paradoxical combination of actively exerted power and effortlessness, forced interruption and passively suffered usurpation. The essential trope in thi...

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Published in:Style (University Park, PA) PA), 1989-04, Vol.23 (1), p.16
Main Author: Haney, David P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
British & Irish literature
English literature
Literary criticism
Poets
Wordsworth, William (1770-1850)
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Summary:The passage "Imagination" in "The Prelude", Book 6, by Wordsworth is discussed. The force of will exhibited in this passage is a paradoxical combination of actively exerted power and effortlessness, forced interruption and passively suffered usurpation. The essential trope in this gesture is the anomalous figure of catachresis.
ISSN:0039-4238
2374-6629