Romantic wars : studies in culture and conflict, 1793-1822 / edited by Philip Shaw.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shaw, Philip, 1965- editor.

Series:

Nineteenth century (Aldershot, England)

The Nineteenth Century Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--French influences.

English literature.

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

France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (246 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2017.

Summary:

"Romantic Wars is a collection of eight specially commissioned essays focusing on the relations between British Romantic culture (poetry, fiction, painting, and non-fictional prose) and the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. Whilst in recent years much attention has been paid to the influence of the French Revolution on British Romanticism, comparatively little has been written about the effects of war. This book takes, as its central thesis, the idea that Romanticism is facilitated and conditioned by a culture of hostility. Whether this is manifested in Blakean visions of 'mental warfare', or in socio-historical reflections on the links between conflict and nationhood, the essays in this volume seek to correct a prevailing assumption that the culture of this period is unaffected by discourses of violence. Through a combination of individual case studies - detailed readings of warfare in Coleridge, Byron, Charlotte Smith and Austen - and wider-ranging survey discussions, including essays on the representation of the British sailor and war poetry by women, the book provides a timely reflection on the texts and contexts of the first 'Great War'. The book is aimed at literary specialists and historians working in the areas of Romanticism and European history. It will also appeal to general readers with an interest in early nineteenth-century writing and British culture."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

chapter 1 Introduction / Philip Shaw

chapter 2 ‘A few harmless Numbers’: British women poets and the climate of war, 1793-1815

chapter 3 The exiled self: images of war in Charlotte Smith’s The Emigrants’

chapter 4 The harsh delights of political duty: Thelwall, Coleridge, Wordsworth, 1795-99

chapter 5 Duty and mutiny: the aesthetics of loyalty and the representation of the British sailor c. 1798-1800

chapter 6 Invasion! Coleridge, the defence of Britain and the cultivation of the public’s fear

chapter 7 War romances, historical analogies and Coleridge’s Letters on the Spaniards

chapter 8 ‘Of war and taking towns’: Byron’s siege poems / Simon Bainbridge

chapter 9 Leigh Hunt and the aesthetics of post-war liberalism / Philip Shaw

chapter 10 Marriage and the end of war / Eric C. Walker.

Notes:

First published 2000 by Ashgate Publishing.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-351-90244-X

1-351-90245-8

1-315-24390-3

9781315243900

OCLC:

994469844