Bloody romanticism : spectacular violence and the politics of representation, 1776-1832
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Bloody romanticism : spectacular violence and the politics of representation, 1776-1832
（Palgrave studies in the Enlightenment, romanticism and cultures of print）
Palgrave Macmillan, c2006
- : hbk.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-264) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book studies the impact of violence on the writing of the Romantic period. The focus is on the response of writers to a series of violent events including the revolutions in America and France and the Irish rebellion of 1798. Authors covered include Coleridge, Wordsworth, Scott, Byron, Fennimore Cooper, Equiano, and Helen Maria Williams.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction: Romantic Agonies 'Beneath the bloody scourge laid bare the man': Slavery and Violence 'Disturbed imagination': The French Revolution 'The most distressful country': The Irish Rebellion of 1798 American 'savagery' Unruly People: The Spectacular Riot Notes Index
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