Joseph Warton was an important contributor to the dynamic literary activity in the Age of Johnson (1740-1800). His aggressive endorsement of the imagination and his refusal to accept the authority of ...
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It is common for the brothers Joseph and Thomas Warton to be regarded as a single phenomenon, and to speak of "the Wartons" has a certain justice. They sustained an affectionately close relationship t...
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In the following excerpt, Phelps argues that Joseph Warton is amongst the earliest Romantic writers, and reads selections from his poetry.
Joseph Warton (1722-1800) is one of the most important nam...
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In the following essay, Rielly considers Joseph Warton's aesthetic ideals of the sublime and the pathetic, and connects his poetic theory to the Native American Indian, who, in Warton's ...
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In the following excerpt, Reid looks at Joseph Warton's Odes and argues that while some considered that the volume went into a second edition a sign of its poetic merit, there were other factor...
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In the following essay, Ross employs Pierre Bourdieu's economic theories to argue that the anti-classicist revolution set in motion by Joseph Warton's Essay on the Genius and Writings of...
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In the following lecture, originally presented in 1915, Gosse examines what Thomas and Joseph Warton found stimulating in poetry available during their childhood and what they disapproved of in the po...
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In the following excerpt, MacClintock provides an extensive examination of Joseph Warton's Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, discussing its composition, the process of its publication, ...
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In the following essay, Griffith explores Joseph Warton's criticism of Shakespeare, which appeared in the form of five essays in the Adventurer, arguing that Warton's criticism is repres...
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In the following essay, Pittock considers the reasons for the 26 year gap between the first and second editions of Joseph Warton's influential Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope.
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In the following essay, Griffith briefly examines Joseph Warton's life and his brother's influence on his critical interpretation of Milton.
Joseph Warton (1722-1800) was the son of t...
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In the following essay, Morris examines Warton's use of his translation of Virgil in his poem The Enthusiast for the significance of departing virtue on his conception of nature and imagination...
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In the following excerpt, Pittock considers Joseph Warton's poetic style, his critical theories, and his seminal work on Pope, its influence on his contemporaries, and its influence on subseque...
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In the following essay, Pittock examines Joseph Warton's Odes on Various Subjects, its composition and publishing history, and the influence of Warton's brother Thomas, who contributed i...
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Joseph Warton
Critical Essay by William Lyon Phelps
