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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780655403321

Autore

Cochran Peter <1944->

Titolo

"Romanticism" - and Byron [[electronic resource] /] / by Peter Cochran

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars, c2009

Newcastle upon Tyne : , : Cambridge Scholars, , 2009

ISBN

1-282-19177-2

9786612191770

1-4438-0812-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (451 p.)

Disciplina

820.9145

Soggetti

Romanticism - Great Britain - 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 (p. [373]-383) and index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; PREFACE; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; BIBLIOGRAPHY

Sommario/riassunto

""Romanticism - and Byron"" is a book in two parts. In the first part, Dr Cochran examines ""Romanticism"" and shows that it is a word meaning anything, and therefore nothing. It is an academic construct created by academics, and has no basis in the writings of the early nineteenth century. Its continued use, argues Dr Cochran, is a modern marketing phenomenon solely. In the second part, Dr Cochran examines the life and work of Byron in the non-""romantic"" context of his contemporaries. He sho...