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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456510703321

Autore

Hull Simon P.

Titolo

Charles Lamb, Elia and the London magazine : metropolitan muse / / by Simon P. Hull

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-138-66515-0

1-317-31569-3

1-315-65331-1

1-282-50232-8

9786612502323

1-85196-667-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (227 p.)

Collana

The history of the book ; ; no. 5

Disciplina

824.7

Soggetti

Criticism - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2010 by Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Limited.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowldgements; Notes on the Text; Introduction; 1. Consuming the Periodical Text; 2. Domesticating the Flaneur; 3. The Great Wen and the Rural Gothic; 4. U tility and Pity; 5. Lamb, Theatricality and the Fool; Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The inherent 'metropolitanism' of writing for a Romantic-era periodical is here explored through the Elia articles that Charles Lamb wrote for the London Magazine.