Reimagining persuasion in British romantic literature / Yasmin Solomonescu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Solomonescu, Yasmin, Author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in Romanticism

Cambridge studies in romanticism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Romanticism--Great Britain.

Romanticism.

English literature--18th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

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

Persuasion (Rhetoric) in literature.

English literature--History and criticism.

Persuasion (Psychology) in literature.

Physical Description:

xii, 249 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2026.

Summary:

"At the turn of the nineteenth century, British Romantic writers reconceived the theory and practice of persuasion. This engrossing journey into literary and intellectual history shows how key authors transformed a core concept of their inherited rhetorical tradition, thus boldly reshaping ideas around the persuasiveness of literature itself"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction. From persuasion to persuasion : belief without absolutes

Eddying about thoughts : paradigms of persuasion in De Quincey and Hazlitt

Plausible tales : persuasion and legal conviction in Godwin and Wordsworth

Marriages of mind : intimate persuasions in Austen

Revolutions in opinion : the poetics of persuasion in Shelley

Coda. Persuasion among others.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-239) and index.

Other Format:

Online version Solomonescu, Yasmin Reimagining persuasion in British romantic literature

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781009785365

1009785362

9781009785341

1009785346

OCLC:

1573997248

Publisher Number:

CIPO000381853