Download or read book Poetry of Attention in the Eighteenth Century written by M. Koehler and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-11-16 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By identifying a pervasive cultivation of attention as a perceptual and cognitive state in eighteenth-century poetry, this book explores overt themes of attention and demonstrate techniques of readerly attention.