Romantic Wars Studies in Culture and Conflict, 1793-1822 |
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Editor:
| Shaw, Philip |
Series title: | The Nineteenth Century Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-351-90245-8 |
Publication Date: | Jul 2017 |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Group
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Imprint: | Routledge |
Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
List Price: | USD $54.95USD $190.00USD $190.00 |
Book Description:
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Romantic Wars is a collection of eight specially commissioned essays focusing on the relations between British Romantic culture (poetry, fiction, painting, and non-fictional prose) and the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. Whilst in recent years much attention has been paid to the influence of the French Revolution on British Romanticism, comparatively little has been written about the effects of war. This book takes, as its central thesis, the idea that Romanticism is facilitated and...
More DescriptionRomantic Wars is a collection of eight specially commissioned essays focusing on the relations between British Romantic culture (poetry, fiction, painting, and non-fictional prose) and the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. Whilst in recent years much attention has been paid to the influence of the French Revolution on British Romanticism, comparatively little has been written about the effects of war. This book takes, as its central thesis, the idea that Romanticism is facilitated and conditioned by a culture of hostility. Whether this is manifested in Blakean visions of 'mental warfare', or in socio-historical reflections on the links between conflict and nationhood, the essays in this volume seek to correct a prevailing assumption that the culture of this period is unaffected by discourses of violence.