The Vision of Love's Rare Universe: A Study of Shelley's Epipsychidion

Verma, K. D.

ISBN 10: 0761801111 / ISBN 13: 9780761801115

Published by University Press of America, 1995

Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0761801111I5N10

Synopsis:

This study interprets and evaluates Shelley's poem Epipsychidion and assumes that although the poem is an individual whole, it is a demonstration of Shelley's poetic consciousness, centered around his conceptions of the imagination and of love. The author investigates how the poem deals with Shelley's vision of 'love's rare Universe.' Verma analyzes the influences of Dante's Vita Nuova and Plato's Symposium on the poem and on the poet's vision of 'love's rare Universe.' Through a study of the imagination and 'the woman' (the epipsyche) in Shelley's work, Verma argues that Epipsychidion is an anagogic allegory like Dante's Vita Nuova, but also a poetic discourse on love like Plato's Symposium. This evaluation of the quality of Shelley's vision in light of his relation to Plato, Dante and Neoplatonism, will show readers that Shelley's quest and his discourse on love are moral and spiritual. This study, one of the only book-length studies of Shelley's poem, will appeal to students in advanced courses and graduate seminars. General readers of Shelley and Romantic literature everywhere will also want to have a copy of this thorough and perceptive analysis.

About the Author: K.D. Verma is Associate Professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Vision of Love's Rare Universe: A Study ...
Publisher: University Press of America
Publication Date: 1995
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket