Romantic Satanism : myth and the historical moment in Blake, Shelley, and Byron / Peter A. Schock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schock, Peter A., 1956-

Contributor:

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blake, William, 1757-1827.

Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822.

Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824.

English poetry--19th century--History and criticism.

English poetry.

Devil in literature.

Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824--Characters--Devil.

Byron, George Gordon Byron.

Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822--Characters--Devil.

Shelley, Percy Bysshe.

Blake, William, 1757-1827--Characters--Devil.

Blake, William.

Romanticism--Great Britain.

Romanticism.

Devil.

Great Britain.

Good and evil in literature.

Demonology in literature.

Satanism in literature.

Myth in literature.

Physical Description:

x, 213 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.

Summary:

Criticism has largely emphasized the private meaning of "Romantic Satanism," treating it as the celebration of subjectivity through allusions to "Paradise Lost" that voice Satan's solitary defiance. The first full-length treatment of its subject, "Romantic Satanism" explores this literary phenomenon as a socially produced myth exhibiting the response of writers to their milieu. Through contextualized readings of the major works of Blake, Shelley, and Byron, this book demonstrates that Satanism enabled Romantic writers to interpret their tempestuous age: it provided them a mythic medium for articulating the hopes and fears their age aroused, for prophesying and inducing change.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-206) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

1403911827

OCLC:

51764051