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Literary Minstrelsy, 1770-1830: Minstrels and Improvisers in British, Irish, and American Literature (Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Cultures of Print)
Erik Simpson
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Hardcover. This book argues that Romantic-era writers used the figure of the minstrel to imagine authorship as a social, responsive enterprise unlike the solitary process portrayed by Romantic myths of the lone genius. Simpson highlights the centrality of the minstrel to many important literary developments from the Romantic era through to the 1840s. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
This book argues that Romantic-era writers used the figure of the minstrel to imagine authorship as a social, responsive enterprise unlike the solitary process portrayed by Romantic myths of the lone genius. Simpson highlights the centrality of the minstrel to many important literary developments from the Romantic era through to the 1840s.
This book argues that Romantic-era writers used the figure of the minstrel to imagine authorship as a social, responsive enterprise unlike the solitary process portrayed by Romantic myths of the lone genius. Simpson highlights the centrality of the minstrel to many important literary developments from the Romantic era through to the 1840s.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print
Number of Pages
215
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230200517
SKU
V9780230200517
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About Erik Simpson
ERIK SIMPSON teaches in the English Department of Grinnell College, USA.
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