Romanticism: Keywords
Dec 2014 · John Wiley & Sons
Ebook
416
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About this ebook
Compiles 70 of the key terms most frequently used or discussed by authors of the Romantic period – and most often deliberated by critics and literary historians of the era.
- Offers an indispensable resource for understanding the ideas and differing interpretations that shaped the Romantic period
- Includes keywords spanning Abolition and Allegory, through Madness and Monsters, to Vision and Vampires
- Features in-depth descriptions of each entry's direct meaning and connotations in relation to its usage and thought in literary culture
- Provides deep insights into the political, social, and cultural climate of one of the most expressive periods of Western literary history
- Draws on the author’s extensive experience of teaching, lecturing, and writing on Romantic literature
About the author
Frederick Burwick is Research Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. The author or editor of 30 books and more than 140 scholarly articles, Burwick is also co-editor of the three-volume Encyclopedia of Romanticism (2012). Other recent publications include Romantic Drama: Acting and Reacting (2009) and Playing to the Crowd, London Popular Theatre, 1780-1830 (2011).
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