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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457795103321

Autore

Fang Karen Y

Titolo

Romantic writing and the empire of signs [[electronic resource] ] : periodical culture and post-Napoleonic authorship / / Karen Fang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2010

ISBN

1-280-49042-X

9786613585653

0-8139-2882-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Disciplina

820.9/3581

Soggetti

English literature - 19th century - History and criticism

British periodicals - History - 19th century

Romanticism - Great Britain

Imperialism in literature

Orientalism in literature

Periodicals - Publishing - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Authors and publishers - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Literature publishing - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : empire, periodicals, and late Romantic writing -- China for sale : porcelain economy in Lamb's Essays of Elia -- Deciphering The private memoirs : James Hogg's Napoleon complex -- "But another name for her who wrote" : Corinne and the making of Landon's giftbook style -- Only "a little above the usual run of periodical poesy" : Byron's Island and The liberal -- Conclusion : space, time, and the periodical collaborator.