Arthur Hugh Clough: The Growth of a Poet's Mind

Evelyn Barish Greenberger

Published by Harvard University Press 1970

Arthur Hugh Clough

The Growth of a Poet's Mind

Evelyn Barish Greenberger

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674282414

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Arthur Hugh Clough (1819-1861), poet, skeptic, friend of Emerson and of Matthew Arnold, was a man concerned with the religious, political, and social issues of the turbulent times in which he lived. In this fresh examination of Clough, Greenberger traces the intellectual development of a poet who was considered a brilliant failure in his own day, a reputation that still persists despite the fact that Clough is now attracting considerable critical attention. Her study contradicts this traditional view of him as ineffectual and uncommitted and reveals instead a complex figure whose varied interests enriched his prose and poetry.

Greenberger has made a thorough study of all of Clough's prose on contemporary issues written between 1837 and 1853. These largely neglected writings, many of which remain unpublished, enable her to follow the poet's development through religious doubts and conflicts and to trace his political metamorphosis from naive idealism through radicalism to a final disenchantment with utopias. Having placed the poet's work in its proper historical context, the author goes on to reveal the great extent to which Clough succeeded in making the issues of his day viable subjects for poetry.

Greenberger, thoroughly versed in the intellectual history of the Victorian period, vividly depicts the English social and economic scene and contemporary life at unreformed Oxford. She suggests new insights into Clough's relations with Emerson, the influence of Carlyle upon the poet, and his reactions to the America of the early 1850's.

The author concludes that the techniques Clough developed for presenting his ideas in poetic form and the concerns that pervaded his thinking make him a precursor of twentieth-century literature. In the last chapter she relates her findings to Clough's three major poems. She includes in an appendix a number of new poems and other material by Clough found in manuscript during her research.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xii
CHAPTER I. The Higher One Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
CHAPTER II. Citoyen Clough Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
CHAPTER III. The Morals of Intellect Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
CHAPTER IV. The World's Arena Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
CHAPTER V. The Hopeful Country Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	148
CHAPTER VI. The Battle by Night Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
Appendices. Bibliography. Notes. Index
APPENDIX A. Clough's Undergraduate English Essays Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
APPENDIX Β. New Poetry and Prose Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	190
Selected Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
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Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Copyright year: 1970
Edition: Reprint 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Front matter: 9
- Main content: 270
Keywords: LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Clough, Arthur Hugh, 1819-1861 -- Criticism and interpretation.

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Published: October 1, 2013
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Published: February 5, 1970
ISBN: 9780674282407