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Mark Akenside was born at Newcastle-upon-Tyne on the 9th of November 1721. His family were Presbyterian Disenters, and on the 30th of that month he was baptized in the meeting, then held in Hanover Square, by a Mr Benjamin Bennet. His father, Mark, was a butcher in respectable circumstances - his mother's name was Mary Lumsden. There may seem something grotesque in finding the author of the "Pleasures of Imagination" born in a place usually thought so anti-poetical as butcher's shop. And yet similar anomalies abound in the histories of men of genius. Henry Kirke White, too, was a butcher's son, and for some time carried his father's basket. The late Thomas Atkinson, a very clever littérateur of the West of Scotland, was also what the Scotch call a "flesher's" son. The case of Cardinal Wolsey is well known. Indeed, we do not understand why any decent calling should be inimical to the existence - however it may be to the adequate development - of genius. That is a spark of supernal inspiration, lighting where it pleases, often conforming, and always striving to conform, circumstances to itself, and sometimes even strengthened and purified by the contradictions it meets in life. Nay, genius has sprung up in stranger quarters than in butcher's shops or tailor's attics - it has lived and flourished in the dens of robbers, and in the gross and fetid atmosphere of taverns.
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- Publication date2020
- ISBN 10 1330654471
- ISBN 13 9781330654477
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages453
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book establishes the English poet Mark Akenside (1721-1770) as a distinctive voice in 18th-century British literature and a forerunner of Romanticism. An accomplished physician, his creative literary career began with poems appearing in the popular Gentleman's Magazine while he was still a teenager. The son of a butcher, he managed through his talent and determination to obtain a medical degree from the University of Leyden, all the while honing his literary skills with ambitious poetic works, most notably his didactic poem The Pleasures of Imagination (1744). This book explores the author's wide-ranging erudition and his immersion in classical literature and philosophy, situating him within the broader context of Enlightenment thought. Through a detailed examination of his verse, including his influential Odes on Several Subjects (1745), this book illuminates the evolution of Akenside's poetic style, from his early emulation of established forms to his later, more personal and innovative approach. It sheds light on the tensions between his scientific and artistic pursuits, revealing how his medical knowledge informed his understanding of the human condition and his place within the natural world. Ultimately, this book presents Akenside as a pivotal figure in the transition from the neoclassicism of the early 18th century to the burgeoning Romanticism of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, making him an essential subject of study for scholars of both literary history and medicine. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781330654477_0
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