30 great myths about the Romantics / / Duncan Wu |
Autore | Wu Duncan |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (334 p.) |
Disciplina | 820.9/145 |
Soggetto topico |
English literature - 19th century - History and criticism
English literature - 18th century - History and criticism Romanticism - Great Britain Literature and society - Great Britain - History |
ISBN |
1-118-84318-5
1-118-84310-X 1-118-84317-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; A Note on Monetary Values; Myth 1 Romanticism began in 1798; Myth 2 English Romanticism was a reaction against the Enlightenment; 2.1 New Forms of Sociability; 2.2 The Language of Passion; 2.3 The Poet as Prophet; Myth 3 The Romantics hated the sciences; Myth 4 The Romantics repudiated the Augustans, especially Pope and Dryden; Myth 5 The Romantic poets were misunderstood, solitary geniuses; Myth 6 Romantic poems were produced by spontaneous inspiration; Myth 7 Blake was mad
Myth 8 Blake wrote `Jerusalem' as an anthem to EnglishnessMyth 9 Lyrical Ballads (1798) was designed to illustrate `the two cardinal points of poetry', using poems about everyday life and the supernatural; Myth 10 Wordsworth's Preface to Lyrical Ballads was a manifesto for the Romantic revolution; Myth 11 Wordsworth had an incestuous relationship with his sister; Myth 12 Tory Wordsworth; Myth 13 The person from Porlock; Myth 14 Jane Austen had an incestuous relationship with her sister; Myth 15 The Keswick rapist; Myth 16 Byron had an affair with his sister Myth 17 Byron was a great lover of womenMyth 18 Byron was a champion of democracy; Myth 19 Byron was a `noble warrior' who died fighting for Greek freedom; Myth 20 Shelley committed suicide by sailboat; Myth 21 Shelley's heart; Myth 22 Keats's `humble origins'; Myth 23 Keats was gay; Myth 24 Keats was killed by a review; Myth 25 Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote Frankenstein; Myth 26 Women writers were an exploited underclass-unknown, unloved, and unpaid; Myth 27 The Romantics were atheists; Myth 28 The Romantics were counter-cultural drug users Myth 29 The Romantics practised free love on principleMyth 30 The Romantics were the rock stars of their day; Coda; Further Reading; Index; EULA |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910132255703321 |
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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30 great myths about the Romantics / / Duncan Wu |
Autore | Wu Duncan |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (334 p.) |
Disciplina | 820.9/145 |
Soggetto topico |
English literature - 19th century - History and criticism
English literature - 18th century - History and criticism Romanticism - Great Britain Literature and society - Great Britain - History |
ISBN |
1-118-84318-5
1-118-84310-X 1-118-84317-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; A Note on Monetary Values; Myth 1 Romanticism began in 1798; Myth 2 English Romanticism was a reaction against the Enlightenment; 2.1 New Forms of Sociability; 2.2 The Language of Passion; 2.3 The Poet as Prophet; Myth 3 The Romantics hated the sciences; Myth 4 The Romantics repudiated the Augustans, especially Pope and Dryden; Myth 5 The Romantic poets were misunderstood, solitary geniuses; Myth 6 Romantic poems were produced by spontaneous inspiration; Myth 7 Blake was mad
Myth 8 Blake wrote `Jerusalem' as an anthem to EnglishnessMyth 9 Lyrical Ballads (1798) was designed to illustrate `the two cardinal points of poetry', using poems about everyday life and the supernatural; Myth 10 Wordsworth's Preface to Lyrical Ballads was a manifesto for the Romantic revolution; Myth 11 Wordsworth had an incestuous relationship with his sister; Myth 12 Tory Wordsworth; Myth 13 The person from Porlock; Myth 14 Jane Austen had an incestuous relationship with her sister; Myth 15 The Keswick rapist; Myth 16 Byron had an affair with his sister Myth 17 Byron was a great lover of womenMyth 18 Byron was a champion of democracy; Myth 19 Byron was a `noble warrior' who died fighting for Greek freedom; Myth 20 Shelley committed suicide by sailboat; Myth 21 Shelley's heart; Myth 22 Keats's `humble origins'; Myth 23 Keats was gay; Myth 24 Keats was killed by a review; Myth 25 Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote Frankenstein; Myth 26 Women writers were an exploited underclass-unknown, unloved, and unpaid; Myth 27 The Romantics were atheists; Myth 28 The Romantics were counter-cultural drug users Myth 29 The Romantics practised free love on principleMyth 30 The Romantics were the rock stars of their day; Coda; Further Reading; Index; EULA |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826910503321 |
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Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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William Hazlitt : The First Modern Man |
Autore | Wu Duncan |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : OUP Oxford, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1109 p.) |
Disciplina | 824.7 |
Soggetto topico |
English
Languages & Literatures English Literature |
ISBN | 0-19-161536-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures; List of Plates; List of Abbreviations; Preface; Prologue; Part I: The Road to Nether Stowey; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Part II: Beyond Xanadu; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Part III: A Philosopher in Grub Street; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Part IV: The Plain Speaker; Chapter 14; Chapter 15; Chapter 16; Part V: The New Pygmalion; Chapter 17; Chapter 18; Chapter 19; Chapter 20; Part VI: Mr Hazlitt's Grand Tour; Chapter 21; Chapter 22; Chapter 23
Chapter 24Part VII: London Solitude; Chapter 25; Epilogue; Endnotes; Index |
Altri titoli varianti | William Hazlitt |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910154333003321 |
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Oxford, : OUP Oxford, 2008 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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