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Record Nr.

UNINA9910142971103321

Titolo

A concise companion to the Romantic age [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jon Klancher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009

ISBN

1-78268-284-8

1-282-11645-2

9786612116452

1-4051-9799-4

1-4443-0856-4

1-4443-0857-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 p.)

Collana

Blackwell concise companions to literature and culture

Altri autori (Persone)

KlancherJon P

Disciplina

820.9/007

Soggetti

English literature - 18th century - History and criticism

English literature - 19th century - History and criticism

Romanticism - Great Britain

Literature and society - Great Britain - History - 18th century

Literature and society - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Great Britain Intellectual life 18th century

Great Britain Intellectual life 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

List of Illustrations; Notes on Contributors; Introduction Jon Klancher; 1 Transfiguring God: Religion, Revolution, Romanticism Robert M. Maniquis; 2 Romanticism and Empire Saree Makdisi; 3 "Associations Respect[ing] the Past": Enlightenment and Romantic Historicism Anthony Jarrells; 4 Nationalisms in Romantic Britain and Ireland: Culture, Politics, and the Global Miranda Burgess; 5 "With an Industry Incredible": Politics, Writing, and the Public Sphere Paul Keen; 6 Romantic Justice: Law, Literature, and Individuality Mark Schoenfield; 7 Natural History in the Romantic Period Noah Heringman

8 Romantic Sciences: British and Continental Thresholds Frederick Burwick9 Consumer Culture: Getting and Spending in the Romantic Age



Nicholas Mason; 10 The Romantic-Era Book Trade Lee Erickson; 11 Visual Pleasures, Visionary States: Art, Entertainment, and the Nation Gillen D'Arcy Wood; 12 What's at Stake? Kantian Aesthetics, Romantic and Modern Poetics, Sociopolitical Commitment Robert Kaufman; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A Concise Companion to the Romantic Age provides new perspectives on the relationships between literature and culture in Britain from 1780 to 1830 Provides original essays from a variety of multi-disciplinary scholars on the Romantic eraIncludes fresh insights into such topics as religious controversy and politics, empire and nationalism, and the relationship of Romanticism to modernist aestheticsRanges across the Romantic era's literary, visual, and non-fictional genres