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P. Westover - Necromanticism: Traveling to Meet the Dead, 1750-1860 - 9780230304437 - V9780230304437
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Necromanticism: Traveling to Meet the Dead, 1750-1860

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Description for Necromanticism: Traveling to Meet the Dead, 1750-1860 Hardback. Necromanticism is a study of literary pilgrimage: readers' compulsion to visit literary homes, landscapes, and (especially) graves during the long Romantic period. The book draws on the histories of tourism and literary genres to highlight Romanticism's recourse to the dead in its reading, writing, and canon-making practices. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 394.
Necromanticism is a study of literary pilgrimage: readers' compulsion to visit literary homes, landscapes, and (especially) graves during the long Romantic period. The book draws on the histories of tourism and literary genres to highlight Romanticism's recourse to the dead in its reading, writing, and canon-making practices.

Product Details

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Series
Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print
Condition
New
Number of Pages
217
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230304437
SKU
V9780230304437
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About P. Westover
PAUL WESTOVER is Assistant Professor of English at Brigham Young University, USA.

Reviews for Necromanticism: Traveling to Meet the Dead, 1750-1860
"Necromanticism is a critically reflective, thoroughly researched, and unexpectedly upbeat study of literary necro-tourism in Britain, associated Anglo-American discourses and cultural practises, and the implications for modern scholarly interpretations of Romantic historiography, reading and canon-making." - Samantha Matthews, University of Bristol, UK ''Westover's book, then, invites a critical reflection on our understanding of 'Romanticism' itself through his ... Read more

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