Title England in 1819 : the politics of literary culture and the case of romantic historicism / James Chandler

Published Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1998

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Description xxii, 584 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents Pt. 1. The "Historical Situation" of Romanticism. Ch. 1. Specificity after Structuralism: Dating the "Return to History" Ch. 2. An Art of the State: Historicism and the Measures of Uneven Development. Ch. 3. Representing Culture, Romanticizing Contradiction: The Politics of Literary Exemplarity. Ch. 4. Altering the Case: The Invention of the Historical Situation -- Pt. 2. Reading England in 1819. Ch. 5. Reopening the Case of Scott. Ch. 6. Byron's Causes: The Moral Mechanics of Don Juan. Ch. 7. An "1819 Temper": Keats and the History of Psyche. Ch. 8. Concerning the Influence of America on the Mind: Western Settlements, "English Writers," and the Case of U.S. Culture. Ch. 9. The Case of "The Case of Shelley" Ch. 10. History's Lyre: The "West Wind" and the Poet's Work Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism. Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. Literature and history -- England -- History -- 19th century. Peterloo Massacre, Manchester, England, 1819. Historicism in literature. Romanticism -- Great Britain. SUBJECT England -- Civilization -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043278 Great Britain -- History -- 1789-1820. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056817 LC no. 97024564 ISBN 0226101088 alkaline paper

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