Author: Jonas Cope
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474421318
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The Dissolution of Character in Late Romanticism studies texts written by contemporary poets, novelists, essayists, journalists, philosophers, phrenologists, sociologists, gossip-mongers and anonymous correspondents.
Dissolution of Character in Late Romanticism, 1820 - 1839
Author: Jonas Cope
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474421318
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The Dissolution of Character in Late Romanticism studies texts written by contemporary poets, novelists, essayists, journalists, philosophers, phrenologists, sociologists, gossip-mongers and anonymous correspondents.
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474421318
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The Dissolution of Character in Late Romanticism studies texts written by contemporary poets, novelists, essayists, journalists, philosophers, phrenologists, sociologists, gossip-mongers and anonymous correspondents.
The Dissolution of Character in Late Romanticism, 1820-1839
Author: Jonas Cope
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781474421324
Category : Character in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
Reconstructs Reid's career as a mathematician and natural philosopher for the first time.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781474421324
Category : Character in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
Reconstructs Reid's career as a mathematician and natural philosopher for the first time.
Modern Character
Author: Julian Murphet
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192863126
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
In this groundbreaking and comprehensive study, Julian Murphet examines how dramatists and prose writers at the turn of the twentieth century experimented with new forms of modern character. Old truisms of character such as consistency, depth, and verisimilitude are eschewed in favour of inconsistency, bad faith, and fragmentation.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192863126
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
In this groundbreaking and comprehensive study, Julian Murphet examines how dramatists and prose writers at the turn of the twentieth century experimented with new forms of modern character. Old truisms of character such as consistency, depth, and verisimilitude are eschewed in favour of inconsistency, bad faith, and fragmentation.
Commemorating Peterloo
Author: Demson Michael Demson
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474428592
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Reflections on the Bicentenary of the 1819 Massacre of Reformers in Manchester Two hundred years after the massacre of protestors in Manchester, known as Peterloo, distinguished scholars of Romantic-era literature join together in this commemorative volume to assess the implications of the violence. Contributors explore how attitudes toward violence and the claims of people to participate in government were reflected and revised in the verbal and visual culture of the time. Their analyses provide fresh insights into cultural engagement as a means of resisting oppression and a sign of the resilience of humanity in facing threats and force.Key FeaturesProvides a multi-perspectival, historical revaluation of the violence of Peterloo Draws on contemporary theorizations of violence by Judith Butler, Slavoj Zizek and Rob Nixon to account for the cultural factors leading to PeterlooSupplements treatments of Peterloo centering on English history with attention to the significance of that event from Scottish, Irish and North American perspectives
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474428592
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Reflections on the Bicentenary of the 1819 Massacre of Reformers in Manchester Two hundred years after the massacre of protestors in Manchester, known as Peterloo, distinguished scholars of Romantic-era literature join together in this commemorative volume to assess the implications of the violence. Contributors explore how attitudes toward violence and the claims of people to participate in government were reflected and revised in the verbal and visual culture of the time. Their analyses provide fresh insights into cultural engagement as a means of resisting oppression and a sign of the resilience of humanity in facing threats and force.Key FeaturesProvides a multi-perspectival, historical revaluation of the violence of Peterloo Draws on contemporary theorizations of violence by Judith Butler, Slavoj Zizek and Rob Nixon to account for the cultural factors leading to PeterlooSupplements treatments of Peterloo centering on English history with attention to the significance of that event from Scottish, Irish and North American perspectives
The Routledge Companion to Romantic Women Writers
Author: Ann R. Hawkins
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1317041747
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 609
Book Description
The Routledge Companion to Romantic Women Writers overviews critical reception for Romantic women writers from their earliest periodical reviews through the most current scholarship and directs users to avenues of future research. It is divided into two parts.The first section offers topical discussions on the status of provincial poets, on women’s engagement in children’s literature, the relation of women writers to their religious backgrounds, the historical backgrounds to women’s orientalism, and their engagement in debates on slavery and abolition.The second part surveys the life and careers of individual women – some 47 in all with sections for biography, biographical resources, works, modern editions, archival holdings, critical reception, and avenues for further research. The final sections of each essay offer further guidance for researchers, including “Signatures” under which the author published, and a “List of Works” accompanied, whenever possible, with contemporary prices and publishing formats. To facilitate research, a robust “Works Cited” includes all texts mentioned or quoted in the essay.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1317041747
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 609
Book Description
The Routledge Companion to Romantic Women Writers overviews critical reception for Romantic women writers from their earliest periodical reviews through the most current scholarship and directs users to avenues of future research. It is divided into two parts.The first section offers topical discussions on the status of provincial poets, on women’s engagement in children’s literature, the relation of women writers to their religious backgrounds, the historical backgrounds to women’s orientalism, and their engagement in debates on slavery and abolition.The second part surveys the life and careers of individual women – some 47 in all with sections for biography, biographical resources, works, modern editions, archival holdings, critical reception, and avenues for further research. The final sections of each essay offer further guidance for researchers, including “Signatures” under which the author published, and a “List of Works” accompanied, whenever possible, with contemporary prices and publishing formats. To facilitate research, a robust “Works Cited” includes all texts mentioned or quoted in the essay.
British Romanticism and Prison Reform
Author: Jonas Cope
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781684485369
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
British Romanticism and Prison Reform is the first full-length study to explore and define the close relationship between British Romantic literary texts, on the one hand, and the birth of the modern prison, on the other, giving long overdue attention to the revolution in punishment coterminous with the age we call Romantic.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781684485369
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
British Romanticism and Prison Reform is the first full-length study to explore and define the close relationship between British Romantic literary texts, on the one hand, and the birth of the modern prison, on the other, giving long overdue attention to the revolution in punishment coterminous with the age we call Romantic.
The Mainstream of Civilization
Author: Stanley Chodorow
Publisher: Harcourt College Pub
ISBN: 9780155515833
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 641
Book Description
Traces the history of the world's major civilizations, discussing their special characteristics and contributions.
Publisher: Harcourt College Pub
ISBN: 9780155515833
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 641
Book Description
Traces the history of the world's major civilizations, discussing their special characteristics and contributions.
The Cambridge Companion to Music and Romanticism
Author: Benedict Taylor
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108475434
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
A stimulating new approach to understanding the relationship between music and culture in the long nineteenth century.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108475434
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
A stimulating new approach to understanding the relationship between music and culture in the long nineteenth century.
The Routledge History of Literature in English
Author: Ronald Carter
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415243179
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
This is a guide to the main developments in the history of British and Irish literature, charting some of the main features of literary language development and highlighting key language topics.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415243179
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
This is a guide to the main developments in the history of British and Irish literature, charting some of the main features of literary language development and highlighting key language topics.
Prominent Families of New York
Author: Lyman Horace Weeks
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description