| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 782 pages) |
| Series |
New Cambridge history of English literature |
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New Cambridge history of English literature.
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| Contents |
Sentiment and sensibility / John Brewer -- Antiquarianism, balladry and the rehabilitation of romance / Susan Manning -- The Romantics and the political economists / Catherine Gallagher -- The problem of periodization : Enlightenment, Romanticism and the fate of system / Clifford Siskin -- London in the 1790s / John Barrell -- Edinburgh and Lowland Scotland / Ian Duncan -- Romantic Ireland : 1750-1845 / Luke Gibbons -- France, Germany, America / David Simpson -- The "warm south" / Esther Schor -- Country matters / W.J.T. Mitchell -- Romanticism and the wider world : poetry, travel literature and empire / Nigel Leask -- The homes of England / Margot Finn -- Writing, reading and the scenes of war / Mary A. Favret -- Regency London / Simon During -- Rebellion, revolution, reform : the transit of the intellectuals / Anne Janowitz -- Changes in the world of publishing / Adrian Johns -- The new poetries / Susan J. Wolfson -- Romanticism and poetic autonomy / Paul Hamilton -- Transformations of the novel, 1 / Diedre Lynch -- Transformations of the novel, 2 / Ina Ferris -- Theatre, performance and urban spectacle / Julie Carlson -- The epigenesis of genre : new forms from old / Tilottama Rajan -- The literature of the new sciences / Jan Golinski -- The making of child readers / Katie Trumpener -- Representation restructured / Frances Ferguson -- Romantic cultural imperialism / Saree Makdisi -- Romanticism and religious modernity : from natural supernaturalism to literary sectarianism / Kevin Gilmartin -- Is Romanticism finished? / Jerome McGann |
| Summary |
The Romantic period was one of the most creative, intense and turbulent periods of English literature, an age marked by revolution, reaction and reform in politics, and by the invention of imaginative literature in its distinctively modern form. This History presents an engaging account of six decades of literary production around the turn of the nineteenth century. Reflecting the most up-to-date research, the essays are designed both to provide a narrative of Romantic literature and to offer new and stimulating readings of the key texts. One group of essays addresses the various locations of literary activity in both in England and, as writers developed their interests in travel and foreign cultures, across the world. A second set of essays traces how texts responded to great historical and social change. With a comprehensive bibliography, timeline and index, this volume is an important resource for research and teaching in the field |
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This history presents an account of six decades of literary production around the turn of the 19th century. The essays are designed both to provide a narrative of Romantic literature and to offer stimulating readings of the key texts. One group of essays addresses the various locations of literary activity - both in England and, as writers developed their interests in travel and foreign cultures, across the world. A second set of essays traces how texts responded to great historical and social change |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 678-748) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
English literature -- History and criticism.
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Romanticism -- England
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English literature
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Romanticism
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England
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Chandler, James, 1948-
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| ISBN |
9780511756665 |
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0511756666 |
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9781139055970 |
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1139055976 |
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