Implication, Readers' Resources, and Thomas Gray's Pindaric Odes - Paperback

by Frederick M. Keener (Author)

More radically than had any contemporary English author's work, Thomas Gray's two Pindaric odes of 1757, effectively challenged readers' powers of comprehension, posing problems of reference as well as distinctly Pindaric problems of coherence. Solving those problems calls for knowledge not widely had then, now, or in between.

Author Biography

Frederick M. Keener is professor emeritus at Hofstra University. He has published widely in the field of eighteenth-century literature.