Second-generation Romantic poets' paradoxical approach to women : libertarianism versus patriarchy /
This book examines certain literary works by Percy Bysshe Shelley, George Gordon Byron and John Keats because, on the one hand, they represent patriarchal hegemony and, on the other, they present a challenge to it. The primary objective of the book is to demonstrate that despite their tendency towar...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Newcastle upon Tyne, UK :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2024.
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| Summary: | This book examines certain literary works by Percy Bysshe Shelley, George Gordon Byron and John Keats because, on the one hand, they represent patriarchal hegemony and, on the other, they present a challenge to it. The primary objective of the book is to demonstrate that despite their tendency towards liberty, individual rights and imagination, these poets did not consistently choose one attitude towards women in their literary works. Suggesting that Byron, Shelley and Keats were caught between their liberal views on women and patriarchal norms of their age, the book discusses how their attitudes towards women lack consistency through an anaylsis of the specific roles assigned to women, both in accordance with and in defiance of traditional gender norms. |
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| Physical Description: | 144 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [139]-144). |
| ISBN: | 1036406199 9781036406196 |