| Description |
ix, 243 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Table of contents for Romanticism, nationalism, and the revolt against theory / David Simpson. -- Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog -- Information from electronic data provided by the publisher. May be incomplete or contain other coding. -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: A History for Theory -- 1. The Politics of Method -- Peter Ramus, Martyr -- The Method of the English Revolution -- John Wesley, Methodist -- 2. The Culture of British Common Sense -- Us and Them -- Sticking to the Facts -- The Trials of Reason -- Burke, Coleridge, and the Method of Nature -- 3. The Myth of French Excess -- A Nation of Philosophers -- System and Sensibility: Rousseau -- 4. The Image of Germany -- Conspirators and Freemasons -- Scandal on the Stage -- The Derangements of Theory -- 5. Engendering Method -- The Case for Female Reason -- A Revolution among Women -- 6. System and Literature -- The Sublime: A Masculine Confusion -- The Place of English Literature -- A Theory of Imprecision: Utilitarianism -- 7. A Radical Literature -- Plotting the Middle Ground -- The Wordsworth Question -- The Struggle with Albion's Angels: William Blake -- Eroticism and Futurity: Shelley and Keats -- 8. Thoughts on the Present Discontents -- A Revolution That Will Not Finish -- The Problem of Theory in the Postmodern -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: English literature History and criticism Theory, etc, Great Britain Civilization European influences, Criticism Great Britain History, Romanticism Great Britain, Nationalism Great Britain |
| Analysis |
English literature Criticism History |
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English literature Criticism History |
| Notes |
Bibliography: p213-235. - Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-235) and index |
| Subject |
Criticism -- Great Britain -- History.
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English literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
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Nationalism -- Great Britain.
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Romanticism -- Great Britain.
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| SUBJECT |
United Kingdom -- Civilization http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056619 -- European influences.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005672
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| LC no. |
92027447 |
| ISBN |
0226759458 |
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0226759466 (paperback) |
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