A history of Romantic literature / Frederick Burwick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burwick, Frederick, author.

Series:

Blackwell histories of literature.

Blackwell histories of literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Romanticism--Europe--History.

Romanticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 533 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey ; Chichester, West Sussex, England : Wiley Blackwell, [2019]

Summary:

"A History of Romantic Literature provides a richly integrated account of shared themes, interests, innovations, rivalries, and disputes among the writers of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It examines the literatures of sensibility and intensity as well as the aesthetic dimensions of horror and terror, sublimity and ecstasy. Because Romanticism infiltrated religious, philosophical, scientific, and ideological discourse as thoroughly as it did literature and the arts, its impact was pervasive and pan-European. The authors crafted a poetry and prose of emotional extremes, and a writing style prioritising spontaneity, improvisation, and originality. Not entirely without paradox, they also found their originality in folk traditions and the antiquarian revival of literary forms and themes of the medieval past. In examining Romanticism as historical movement, this History adheres to theories of assemblage: it addresses the social networking among authors, the informal dinners and teas, the clubs and salons, and the more formal institutions that emerged to establish and manage relations between readers and writers"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781119044406

1119044405

9781119044376

1119044375

9781119044420

1119044421