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Romanticism and the Question of the Stranger
David Simpson
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Description for Romanticism and the Question of the Stranger
Hardcover. In our post-9/11 world, the figure of the stranger - the foreigner, the enemy, the unknown visitor - carries a particular urgency, and the force of language used to describe those who are different has become strong. This title reveals the history of encounters with alien figures and our struggles with romantic concerns about the unknown. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
In our post-9/11 world, the figure of the stranger - the foreigner, the enemy, the unknown visitor - carries a particular urgency, and the force of language used to describe those who are "different" has become particularly strong. But arguments about the stranger are not unique to our time. In "Romanticism and the Question of the Stranger", David Simpson locates the figure of the stranger and the rhetoric of strangeness in romanticism and places them in a tradition that extends from antiquity to today. Simpson shows that debates about strangers loomed large in the French Republic of the 1790s, resulting ... Read more
In our post-9/11 world, the figure of the stranger - the foreigner, the enemy, the unknown visitor - carries a particular urgency, and the force of language used to describe those who are "different" has become particularly strong. But arguments about the stranger are not unique to our time. In "Romanticism and the Question of the Stranger", David Simpson locates the figure of the stranger and the rhetoric of strangeness in romanticism and places them in a tradition that extends from antiquity to today. Simpson shows that debates about strangers loomed large in the French Republic of the 1790s, resulting ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226922355
SKU
V9780226922355
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99-15
About David Simpson
David Simpson is the G. B. Needham Distinguished Professor of English at the University of California, Davis, and the author of 9/11: The Culture of Commemoration, also published by the University of Chicago Press.
Reviews for Romanticism and the Question of the Stranger
"Romanticism and the Question of the Stranger is a wonderfully engaged and engaging book. Compelling and elegant at every turn, it is widely and deeply informed, addressing an enormous and varied Romantic archive while also demonstrating a masterful grasp of contemporary theoretical discussions about strangers and strangeness." (David Clark, McMaster University)"