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Popular Medievalism in Romantic-Era Britain (Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters)
Clare A. Simmons
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Description for Popular Medievalism in Romantic-Era Britain (Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters)
Hardcover. Through the consideration of canonical authors such as Blake, Scott, and Wordsworth and of lesser-studied works such as radical press writings and popular drama, this study explores the imaginative appeal of the social structures and literary forms of the Middle Ages, and how they raised awareness of Britain's tradition of freedom. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 245 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
Through the consideration of canonical authors such as Blake, Scott, and Wordsworth and of lesser-studied works such as radical press writings and popular drama, this study explores the imaginative appeal of the social structures and literary forms of the Middle Ages, and how they raised awareness of Britain's tradition of freedom.
Through the consideration of canonical authors such as Blake, Scott, and Wordsworth and of lesser-studied works such as radical press writings and popular drama, this study explores the imaginative appeal of the social structures and literary forms of the Middle Ages, and how they raised awareness of Britain's tradition of freedom.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
Series
Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters
Number of Pages
233
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230103740
SKU
V9780230103740
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99-15
About Clare A. Simmons
CLARE A. SIMMONS Professor in the Department of English at Ohio State University, USA. She is the author of Eyes Across the Channel: French Revolutions, Party History and British Writing 1830-1882, among others.
Reviews for Popular Medievalism in Romantic-Era Britain (Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters)
"Popular Medievalism in the Romantic-Era Britain brings an important perspective to bear on the Romantic rage for the past. Simmons notes that "medievalism," being a Victorian coinage, is usually discussed in the Victorian context and is usually conceived as in Ruskin, where the Romantic "zeitgeisty" notion of the three great "ages" of history takes a cultural and ethical turn to ... Read more