Bloody Romanticism Spectacular Violence and the Politics of Representation, 1776-1832
Description
This book studies the impact of violence on the writing of the Romantic period. The focus is on the response of writers to a series of violent events including the revolutions in America and France and the Irish rebellion of 1798. Authors covered include Coleridge, Wordsworth, Scott, Byron, Fennimore Cooper, Equiano, and Helen Maria Williams.
Keywords
Literary CriticismPoetrySemiotics & TheorySocial ScienceEuropeanEnglish, Irish, Scottish, WelshHistoryEuropeGreat BritainModernLanguage Arts & DisciplinesAnthropologyCultural & Social
2006Book
Author(s)Ian Haywood, Ian Haywood
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9781403942821
LanguageEnglish
