Bloody Romanticism
Spectacular Violence and the Politics of Representation, 1776-1832
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ISBN-13:
9781403942821
Veröffentl:
2006
Einband:
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Erscheinungsdatum:
26.10.2006
Seiten:
284
Autor:
I. Haywood
Gewicht:
494 g
Format:
222x145x20 mm
Serie:
Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Cultures of Print
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
This book studies the impact of violence on the writing of the Romantic period. The focus is on the response of writers to a series of violent events including the revolutions in America and France and the Irish rebellion of 1798. Authors covered include Coleridge, Wordsworth, Scott, Byron, Fennimore Cooper, Equiano, and Helen Maria Williams.
First book-length study to examine the impact and significance of public violence in Romantic literature and culture
List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction: Romantic Agonies 'Beneath the bloody scourge laid bare the man': Slavery and Violence 'Disturbed imagination': The French Revolution 'The most distressful country': The Irish Rebellion of 1798 American 'savagery' Unruly People: The Spectacular Riot Notes Index