2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The Influences of 16-17th Century Representations of the 'Virtuoso' on English Romantic Poetry
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19K00399
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 02030:English literature and literature in the English language-related
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| Research Institution | International Christian University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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| Keywords | ロマン主義の英詩 / 近世初期の英詩 / ウィリアム・ワーズワース / ウィリアム・シェイクスピア / ウィリアム・バトラー・イェイツ / 魔術 / 詩学 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The research project revealed significant connections and continuities between representations of 'virtuoso' characters (polymaths or characters with unusual or supernatural interdisciplinary knowledge or skills) in early modern English verse drama and British Romantic-period literature. Although the COVID-19 pandemic prevented the Principal Investigator from using many overseas research resources including libraries and museums, the P.I. was able to make significant investigations using online resources, and through library research during one year of research leave in 2021-2022. At academic conferences on Zoom or in person (after 2022) the P.I. gave conference papers and plenary lectures on the research topic, and published several peer-reviewed journal articles based on these papers. The P.I. wrote a research monograph that demonstrates the operation of 'magical poetics' in poetry and drama from the sixteenth to the late nineteenth centuries.
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| Free Research Field |
英国英詩
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
The research developed a model of magical poetics (representations of magical theory and practice through poetry), from the 16th to 19th centuries. Identifying continuities in magical poetics helps us understand how and why poetry in different historical periods uses similar poetic forms.
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