The blind and blindness in literature of the Romantic period / / Edward Larrissy [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Larrissy Edward
• Pubblicazione: Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (229 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 820.93527109034
• Soggetto topico: Blindness in literature; Blind in literature; Romanticism - England; English literature - 19th century - History and criticism; English poetry - 19th century - History and criticism
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-220) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: COPYRIGHT; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 The Enigma of the Blind; Chapter 2 The Celtic Bard in Ireland and Britain: Blindness and Second Sight; Chapter 3 Blake: Removing the Curse by Printing for the Blind; Chapter 4 Edifying Tales; Chapter 5 Wordsworth's Transitions; Chapter 6 Coleridge, Keats and a Full Perception; Chapter 7 Byron and Shelley: The Blindness of Reason; Chapter 8 Mary Shelley: Blind Fathers and the Magnetic Globe: Frankenstein with Valperga and The Last Man; Chapter 9 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In the first full-length literary-historical study of its subject Edward Larrissy examines the philosophical and literary background to representations of blindness and the blind in the Romantic period.
• Altri titoli varianti: The Blind & Blindness in Literature of the Romantic Period
• Titolo autorizzato: The blind and blindness in literature of the Romantic period
• ISBN: 0-7486-5169-1; 1-281-25193-3; 9786611251932; 0-7486-3201-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452310603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II