The Cambridge History of English Romantic Literature (The New Cambridge History of English Literature)

The Romantic period was one of the most creative, intense and turbulent periods of English literature, an age marked by revolution, reaction and reform in politics, and by the invention of imaginative literature in its distinctively modern form. This History presents an engaging account of six decades of literary production around the turn of the nineteenth century. Reflecting ...

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The Romantic period was one of the most creative, intense and turbulent periods of English literature, an age marked by revolution, reaction and reform in politics, and by the invention of imaginative literature in its distinctively modern form. This History presents an engaging account of six decades of literary production around the turn of the nineteenth century. Reflecting the most up-to-date research, the essays are designed both to provide a narrative of Romantic literature and to offer new and stimulating readings of the key texts. One group of essays addresses the various locations of literary activity - both in England and, as writers developed their interests in travel and foreign cultures, across the world. A second set of essays traces how texts responded to great historical and social change. With a comprehensive bibliography, timeline and index, this volume is an important resource for research and teaching in the field.

List of contributors x
Acknowledgements xii
Introduction 1
james chandler
part i
THE ENDS OF ENLIGHTENMENT 19
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List of contributors x
Acknowledgements xii
Introduction 1
james chandler
part i
THE ENDS OF ENLIGHTENMENT 19
1 Sentiment and sensibility 21
john brewer
2 Antiquarianism, balladry and the rehabilitation of romance 45
susan manning
3 The Romantics and the political economists 71
catherine gallagher
4 The problem of periodization: Enlightenment, Romanticism and the fate of system 101
clifford siskin
part ii
GEOGRAPHIES: THE SCENES OF LITERARY LIFE 127
5 London in the 1790s 129
john barrell
6 Edinburgh and Lowland Scotland 159
ian duncan
7 Romantic Ireland: 1750–1845 182
luke gibbons
8 France, Germany, America 204
david simpson
9 The ‘warm south’ 224
esther schor
10 Country matters 246
w. j. t. mitchell
11 Romanticism and the wider world: poetry, travel literature and empire 271
nigel leask
12 The homes of England 293
margot finn
13 Writing, reading and the scenes of war 314
mary a. favret
14 Regency London 335
simon during
part iii
HISTORIES: WRITING IN THE NEW MOVEMENTS 355
15 Rebellion, revolution, reform: the transit of the intellectuals 357
anne janowitz
16 Changes in the world of publishing 377
adrian johns
17 The new poetries 403
susan j. wolfson
18 Romanticism and poetic autonomy 427
paul hamilton
19 Transformations of the novel – I 451
deidre lynch
20 Transformations of the novel – II 473
ina ferris
21 Theatre, performance and urban spectacle 490
julie carlson
22 The epigenesis of genre: new forms from old 507
tilottama rajan
23 The literature of the new sciences 527
jan golinski
24 The making of child readers 553
katie trumpener
part iv
THE ENDS OF ROMANTICISM 579
25 Representation restructured 581
frances ferguson
26 Romantic cultural imperialism 601
saree makdisi
27 Romanticism and religious modernity: from natural supernaturalism to literary sectarianism 621
kevin gilmartin
28 Is Romanticism finished? 648
jerome mcgann
Chronology 665
Bibliographies 678
Index 749
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