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Bloody Romanticism : Spectacular Violence and the Politics of Representation, 1776-1832 /

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This book studies the impact of violence on the writing of the Romantic period. The focus is on the response of writers to a series of violent events including the revolutions in America and France and the Irish rebellion of 1798. Authors covered include Coleridge, Wordsworth, Scott, Byron, Fennimor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Haywood, Ian (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Series:Palgrave studies in the Enlightenment, romanticism and cultures of print.
Subjects:
Literature.
British and Irish Literature.
Cultural Theory.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Literary Theory.
Modern History.
Poetry and Poetics.
British literature.
Culture > Study and teaching.
History, Modern.
Literature > Philosophy.
Poetry.
Great Britain > History.
Electronic books.
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Summary:This book studies the impact of violence on the writing of the Romantic period. The focus is on the response of writers to a series of violent events including the revolutions in America and France and the Irish rebellion of 1798. Authors covered include Coleridge, Wordsworth, Scott, Byron, Fennimore Cooper, Equiano, and Helen Maria Williams.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XI, 270 pages)
ISBN:9780230596795
DOI:10.1057/9780230596795