| England in 1819: The Politics of Literary Culture and the Case of Romantic Historicism Contributor(s): Chandler, James (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226101088 ISBN-13: 9780226101088 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1998 Annotation: In 1819, writers Keats, Shelley, and Wordsworth produced their most acclaimed work, and the craze for Walter Scott's historical novels reached a zenith. Here James Chandler shows how literature engaged the volatile politics of the day and became, in effect, history writing itself. To demonstrate his point, Chandler offers a series of cases of his own built around key texts from the era. Photos. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 820.935 |
| LCCN: 97024564 |
| Physical Information: 1.52" H x 6.42" W x 9.3" (2.21 lbs) 606 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Many of the writers from 1819, argues James Chandler, were acutely aware not only of their writing's place in history, but also of its place as history--a realization of a literary spirit of the age that resonates strongly with the current return to history in literary studies. Chandler explores the ties between Romantic and contemporary historicism and offers a series of cases of his own built around key texts from 1819. 1819? At first sight, it might not seem a 'hot date'; but as James Chandler argues in his powerful book, it would be a mistake to overlook a year of such exceptional political conflagration and literary pyrotechnics in British history. Chandler's study is a wide-ranging, enormously ambitious, densely packed, closely argued work.--John Brewer, New Republic The book's largest argument, and the source of its considerable revelations, is that late twentieth-century practices of cultural history-writing have their roots in the peculiar Romantic historicism born in post-Waterloo Britain.--Jon Klancher, Times Literary Supplement A monumental work of scholarship.--Terry Eagleton, The Independent |
Contributor Bio(s): Chandler, James: - James Chandler is the Barbara E. and Richard J. Franke Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature and chair of the Department of Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Chicago. He is the author of several books, including England in 1819: The Politics of Literary Culture and the Case of Romantic Historicism, also published by the University of Chicago Press. |