Romanticism: A Literary and Cultural History Contributor(s): Casaliggi, Carmen (Author), Fermanis, Porscha (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415679087 ISBN-13: 9780415679084 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $47.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism |
Dewey: 809.914 |
LCCN: 2015037829 |
Series: Routledge Concise Histories of Literature |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.05 lbs) 282 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The Romantic period coincided with revolutionary transformations of traditional political and human rights discourses, as well as witnessing rapid advances in technology and a primitivist return to nature. As a broad global movement, Romanticism strongly impacted on the literature and arts of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries in ways that are still being debated and negotiated today. Examining the poetry, fiction, non-fiction, drama, and the arts of the period, this book considers:
Containing useful, reader-friendly features such as explanatory case studies, chapter summaries, and suggestions for further reading, this clear and engaging book is an invaluable resource for anyone who intends to study and research the complexity and diversity of the Romantic period, as well as the historical conditions which produced it. |