This contribution to narrative
theory examines the way Romantic visionary experience alters narrative
structure in the realistic novel.
Proposing two models of Romantic
vision--the Wordsworthian and Shelleyan--the study defines transcendence
as a disruptive pause in narrative, in which the mind's power is first
blocked then released onto a higher plane of experience or discourse.
Commentary on Romantic Vision
and the Novel:
Article
Daniel R. Schwarz. "Challenges and Contributions."
In The Case for a Humanistic Poetics. Philadelphia: University
of Pennsylvania Press, 159-64.
Reviews
Terrence Doody. "Romantic Victorians."
Novel 22 (1989): 354-56.
Jonathan Loesberg. "Review." Keats-Shelley
Journal (1989): 188-90.
Anne K. Mellor. "Review." Nineteenth-Century
Literature (1989): 128-31.
Margery Sabin. "Review." Comparative
Literature 43 (1991): 108-10.
Michael Steig. "Review." Victorian
Studies (Winter 1989): 263-65.
Garrett Stewart. "Review." English
Language Notes (June 1989): 85-88.