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Romanticism: Keywords
Contributor(s): Burwick, Frederick (Author)
ISBN: 0470659831     ISBN-13: 9780470659830
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $116.61  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: April 2015
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Dewey: 809.914
LCCN: 2014025619
Series: Keywords in Literature and Culture (Kilc).
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.3" W x 9.1" (1.45 lbs) 400 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - British Isles
 
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Publisher Description:

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