The Romantic Paradox Love, Violence and the Uses of Romance, 1760-1830
Description
Why are there so few 'happily ever afters' in the Romantic-period verse romance? Why do so many poets utilise the romance and its parts to such devastating effect? Why is gender so often the first victim? The Romantic Paradox investigates the prevalence of death in the poetic romances of the Della Cruscans, Coleridge, Keats, Mary Robinson, Felicia Hemans, Letitia Landon, and Byron, and posits that understanding the romance and its violent tendencies is vital to understanding Romanticism itself.
Keywords
Literary CriticismPoetryModern19th CenturyLanguage Arts & Disciplines
2000Book
Author(s)Jacqueline M. Labbe
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780333760321
LanguageEnglish
