Hybridity as a Response to Dualism: Thomas Warton and the Gothic Dilemma.

  • Published In: Eighteenth Century: Theory & Interpretation, 2023, v. 64, n. 3/4. P. 207 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Sprott, Steven William 3 of 3

Abstract

Warton's article delves into the concept of hybridity in response to dualism in Gothic architecture and neoclassicism, focusing on Thomas Warton's poems like "The Pleasures of Melancholy" and "Ode Written at Vale-Royal Abbey." It explores how Warton navigates the opposition between reason and imagination, Classical and Gothic styles, shedding light on cultural understandings of the time. The text also discusses the complexities of regulating enthusiasm and superstition in eighteenth-century aesthetics, referencing works by scholars like Joan Pittock, Edgecombe, and Rielly, as well as John Ruskin's "Stones of Venice" and Edmund Burke's "A Philosophical Enquiry." [Extracted from the article]

Additional Information

  • Source:Eighteenth Century: Theory & Interpretation. 2023/09, Vol. 64, Issue 3/4, p207
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Literature and Writing
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:0193-5380
  • DOI:10.1353/ecy.2023.a950261
  • Accession Number:183016843
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