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Record Nr.

UNINA9911100011103321

Titolo

Romanticism :  keywords / /  Frederick Burwick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, : Wiley Blackwell, 2015

ISBN

0-470-65983-1

1-118-89308-5

1-118-89307-7

1-118-89310-7

1-118-89309-3

9781118893098

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (406 p.)

Collana

Keywords in literature and culture

Classificazione

902.06

809/.9145/03

Disciplina

809/.914503

Soggetti

Romanticism -- Dictionaries

Romanticism -- History and criticism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc

English language -- Etymology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes bibliographical references and index

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; A; Abolition; References and Suggested Reading; Allegory; References and Suggested Reading; Antiquarianism; References and Suggested Reading; Art for Art's Sake; References and Suggested Reading; Associationism; References and Suggested Reading; Autobiography; References and Suggested Reading; B; Bardolatry; References and Suggested Reading; Bluestockings; References and Suggested Reading; C; Childhood; References and Suggested Reading; Colonialism; References and Suggested Reading; Crime; References and Suggested Reading; D; Dandyism

References and Suggested ReadingsDialectics; References and Suggested Reading; Dreams; References and Suggested Reading; E; Ekphrasis; References and Suggested Reading; Eroticism; References and Suggested Reading; F; Folklore; References and Suggested Reading; G; Genius; References and Suggested Reading; Gothic; References and



Suggested Reading; Grotesque; References and Suggested Reading; Gusto; References and Suggested Reading; H; Harlequinade; References and Suggested Reading; Hellenism; References and Suggested Reading; Higher Criticism; References and Suggested Reading; Homosexuality

References and Suggested ReadingI; Illusion; References and Suggested Reading; Imagination; References and Suggested Reading; Imitation; References and Suggested Reading; Incest; References and Suggested Readings; Inspiration; References and Suggested Reading; M; Madness; References and Suggested Reading; Medievalism; References and Suggested Reading; Melancholy; References and Suggested Reading; Melodrama; References and Suggested Reading; Mesmerism; References and Suggested Readings; Metaliterature (Metapoetry, Metafiction, Metadrama); References and Suggested Reading; Metonymy

References and Suggested ReadingMonsters; References and Suggested Reading; Mythopoeia; References and Suggested Reading; N; Nature; References and Suggested Reading; Necessitarianism; References and Suggested Readings; Negative Capability; References and Suggested Readings; O; Organicism; References and Suggested Reading; Orientalism; References and Suggested Reading; P; Pantheism; References and Suggested Reading; Parody; References and Suggested Reading; Passion; References and Suggested Reading; Pathetic Fallacy; References and Suggested Reading; Picturesque

References and Suggested ReadingPoetic Form; References and Suggested Reading; Prometheus; References and Suggested Readings; R; Reflection; References and Suggested Reading; Reform; References and Suggested Reading; Religion; References and Suggested Readings; Revolution; References and Suggested Reading; Rights; References and Suggested Reading; Romantic Irony; References and Suggested Reading; Romanticism; References and Suggested Reading; Ruins; References and Suggested Readings; S; Satire; References and Suggested Reading; Science; Geology; Astronomy; Physics; Chemistry; Medicine

References and Suggested Reading

Sommario/riassunto

Compiles 70 of the key terms most frequently used or discussedby authors of the Romantic period - and most oftendeliberated by critics and literary historians of the era. Offers an indispensable resource for understanding the ideasand differing interpretations that shaped the Romantic periodIncludes keywords spanning Abolition and Allegory, throughMadness and Monsters, to Vision and VampiresFeatures in-depth descriptions of each entry's directmeaning and connotations in relation to its usage and thought inliterary cultureProvides deep insights into the political, social, and culturalclimate o