TY - BOOK AU - Reed,Amy Louise TI - The Background of Gray'S Elegy: A Study in the Taste for Melancholy Poetry 1700-1751 T2 - Columbia University Studies in English and Comparative Literature SN - 9780231931168 PY - 1924///] CY - New York, NY : PB - Columbia University Press, KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; PREFACE --; CONTENTS --; CHAPTER I. THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY DEFINITION OF MELANCHOLY --; CHAPTER II. THE TASTE FOR MELANCHOLY IN 1700 --; CHAPTER III. THE REVOLT AGAINST MELANCHOLY 1700-1725 --; CHAPTER IV. MELANCHOLY AND DESCRIPTION 1725-1750 --; CHAPTER V. THE PERSISTENCE OF MELANCHOLY AND ITS ETHICAL CONDEMNATION, 1725-1750 --; CHAPTER VI. THE PERFECTION OF FORM; GRAY'S "ELEGY," 1751 --; BIBLIOGRAPHY. LIST OF WORKS QUOTED OR MENTIONED --; INDEX OF AUTHORS --; VITA; restricted access N2 - Studies the taste for melancholy poetry from 1700-1750. Explores the definition of melancholy during the time period and its interpretation UR - https://doi.org/10.7312/reed93116 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780231892094.jpg ER -