Romanticism at the end of history / Jerome Christensen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Christensen, Jerome, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

English literature.

Literature and history--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Literature and history.

Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Literature and the war.

Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815.

English literature--French influences.

Romanticism--Great Britain.

Romanticism.

France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799--Literature and the revolution.

France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Through provocative and searching readings of the poetry of Wordsworth; the poems, criticism, and journalism of Coleridge; the Confessions of De Quincey; and Sir Walter Scott's Waverley, Christensen concludes that during complicated times of war and revolution English Romantic writers were forced to redefine their role as artists.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter One: The Romantic Movement at the End of History

Chapter Two: The Color of Imagination and the Office of Romantic Criticism

Chapter Three: Ecce Homo: The End of the French Revolution and the Romantic Reinvention of English Verse

Chapter Four: The Dark Romanticism of the Edinburgh Review

Chapter Five: Romantic Hope: The Maid of Buttermere, the Right to Write, and the Future of Liberalism

Chapter Six: Clerical Liberalism: Walter Scott's World Picture

Chapter Seven: Using: Romantic Ethics and Digital Media in the Ruins of the University

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-227) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8018-7498-X

OCLC:

51494091