| Radical Romantics: Prophets, Pirates, and the Space Beyond Nation Contributor(s): Ford, Talissa (Author) |
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ISBN: 1474426123 ISBN-13: 9781474426121 Publisher: Edinburgh University Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 820.914 |
| Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Romanticism |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 9" (0.50 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
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| Publisher Description: Examines dissident conceptions of space in the British Romantic era Radical Romantics is about utopias and failed utopias, about cities that are palimpsests, and about the unwieldy span of the ocean. From William Blake's visionary poetry to Lord Byron's Eastern romances, from prophetic pamphlets to travel narratives, texts of the Romantic era make use of imaginative spaces to reveal the contours and limits of territorial sovereignty. In doing so, they raise fundamental questions about our understanding of both territorial and imagined space. What are the means by which people can conceive of geographical space without resorting to the terms of nationalism? Is it possible to imagine a space beyond territory, as movement itself? How can we articulate the overlap between mapped and lived space? Key Features
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