Romanticism : keywords
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Romanticism : keywords
(Keywords in literature and culture)
Wiley Blackwell, 2015
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Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Compiles 70 of the key terms most frequently used or discussed by authors of the Romantic period - and most often deliberated by critics and literary historians of the era.
Offers an indispensable resource for understanding the ideas and differing interpretations that shaped the Romantic period
Includes keywords spanning Abolition and Allegory, through Madness and Monsters, to Vision and Vampires
Features in-depth descriptions of each entry's direct meaning and connotations in relation to its usage and thought in literary culture
Provides deep insights into the political, social, and cultural climate of one of the most expressive periods of Western literary history
Draws on the author's extensive experience of teaching, lecturing, and writing on Romantic literature
Table of Contents
Introduction ix
A 1
Abolition 1
Allegory 6
Antiquarianism 10
Art for Art's Sake 14
Associationism 17
Autobiography 21
B 27
Bardolatry 27
Bluestockings 30
C 34
Childhood 34
Colonialism 38
Crime 43
D 47
Dandyism 47
Dialectics 51
Dreams 61
E 66
Ekphrasis 66
Eroticism 73
F 80
Folklore 80
G 84
Genius 84
Gothic 88
Grotesque 92
Gusto 99
H 103
Harlequinade 103
Hellenism 106
Higher Criticism 111
Homosexuality 114
I 119
Illusion 119
Imagination 123
Imitation 127
Incest 131
Inspiration 137
M 143
Madness 143
Medievalism 147
Melancholy 150
Melodrama 154
Mesmerism 157
Metaliterature (Metapoetry, Metafiction, Metadrama) 162
Metonymy 171
Monsters 176
Mythopoeia 180
N 185
Nature 185
Necessitarianism 189
Negative Capability 192
O 196
Organicism 196
Orientalism 200
P 206
Pantheism 206
Parody 210
Passion 213
Pathetic Fallacy 217
Picturesque 221
Poetic Form 225
Prometheus 229
R 234
Reflection 234
Reform 238
Religion 242
Revolution 250
Rights 255
Romantic Irony 258
Romanticism 267
Ruins 272
S 278
Satire 278
Science 282
Sensibility 293
Solitude 296
Sublime 301
Supernaturalism 306
Symbol 312
Sympathy 316
T 321
Transcendentalism 321
Translation 325
Travel 330
V 338
Vampire Aesthetics 338
Vision 342
W 347
Women's Rights 347
Index 353
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