1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451193903321

Autore

Higgins David Minden <1974->

Titolo

Romantic genius and the literary magazine [[electronic resource] ] : biography, celebrity and politics / / David Higgins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005

ISBN

1-134-30902-3

1-281-15766-X

9786611157661

0-203-96385-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in romanticism ; ; 6

Disciplina

828/.80809

B

Soggetti

English prose literature - 19th century - History and criticism

Authors, English - Biography - History and criticism

Politics and literature - Great Britain - History - 19th century

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

Celebrities - Great Britain - Biography - History and criticism

English periodicals - History - 19th century

Genius - History - 19th century

Biography as a literary form

Romanticism - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-188) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Literary genius, transgression and society in the early nineteenth century -- Literary biography and its discontents -- Magazine biography in the late Romantic period -- Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine and the construction of Wordsworth's genius -- William Hazlitt and the degradation of genius -- 'The quack artist': Benjamin Robert Haydon and the dangers of publicity.

Sommario/riassunto

In early nineteenth-century Britain, there was unprecedented interest in the subject of genius, as well as in the personalities and private lives of creative artists. This was also a period in which literary magazines were



powerful arbiters of taste, helping to shape the ideological consciousness of their middle-class readers. Romantic Genius and the Literary Magazine considers how these magazines debated the nature of genius and how and why they constructed particular creative artists as geniuses.Romantic writers often imagined genius to be a force that transcended t

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462160403321

Autore

Adams John <1735-1826.>

Titolo

The revolutionary writings of John Adams [[electronic resource] /] / selected and with a foreword by C. Bradley Thompson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Indianapolis, : Liberty Fund, 2000

ISBN

1-61487-766-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ThompsonC. Bradley

Disciplina

973.4/4/092

Soggetti

Electronic books.

United States Politics and government 1775-1783

Massachusetts Politics and government 1775-1783

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

""John Adams, The Revolutionary Writings Of ""; ""Front Matter ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Publishing Details ""; ""Table of Contents, p. vii ""; ""Foreword, p. ix ""; ""Acknowledgments, p. xvii ""; ""Editor's Note, p. xviii ""; ""The Revolutionary Writings of John Adams ""; ""Essays and Controversial Papers of the Revolution, p. 1 ""; ""A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law, p. 19 ""; ""Instructions of the Town of Braintree to Their Representative, p. 37 ""; ""The Earl of Clarendon to William Pym, p. 43 ""; ""Governor Winthrop to Governor Bradford, p. 57 ""

""The Independence of the Judiciary, p. 73 """"Two Replies of the Massachusetts House of Representatives to Governor Hutchinson, p. 117 ""; ""Novanglus;  or, A History of the Dispute with America, p. 147 ""; ""Thoughts on Government, p. 285 ""; ""The Report of a Constitution, or Form of Government, for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, p. 295 ""; ""Index, p. 323 ""