| Recognizing the Romantic Novel: New Histories of British Fiction, 1780-1830 Contributor(s): Heydt-Stevenson, Jillian (Editor), Sussman, Charlotte (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1846315026 ISBN-13: 9781846315022 Publisher: Liverpool University Press OUR PRICE: $38.07 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 823.7 |
| LCCN: 2010534813 |
| Series: Liverpool English Texts and Studies (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.32 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The British Romantic era was a vibrant and exciting time in the history of the novel. Yet, aside from a few iconic books -Pride and Prejudice, Frankenstein-it has been ignored or dismissed by later readers and critics. Bringing this rich but neglected body of works to the fore, Recognizing the Romantic Novel: New Histories of British Fiction, 1780-1830 challenges us to rethink our ideas of the novel as a genre, as well as our long-held assumptions about the literary movement of Romanticism. Ranging from pre-Revolution to post-Waterloo, this volume celebrates the experimental drive and revisionary spirit of the Romantic novel. With essays on authors ranging from Burney to Austen to Hogg, it argues that the Romantic-era novel can be understood as a field, not simply a heterogeneous mass of fictional forms-a field, furthermore, that can hold its own against more widely read eighteenth-century and Victorian novels. Eleven essays by prominent scholars in the field demonstrate that previously unexplored contexts can help us recognize even familiar Romantic-era novels in new and fuller ways. These essays thoughtfully explore such varied concerns as the critique of Enlightenment ideals, the close affiliation between poetry and prose, a fraught engagement with politico-ethical issues, the limits of our access to and understanding of the past, and a rethinking of communities outside the conventions of the marriage plot. |