England in 1819
The Politics of Literary Culture and the Case of Romantic Historicism
606 pages, 7 halftones 6 x 9
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1998
Cloth $46.00
ISBN: 9780226101088
Published April 1998
Paper $28.00
ISBN: 9780226101095
Published June 1999
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List of Illustrations Preface Abbreviations Introduction: Works and Days Pt. 1: The "Historical Situation" of Romanticism Ch. 1: Specificity after Structuralism: Dating the "Return to History" Ch. 2: An Art of the State: Historicism and the Measures of Uneven Development Ch. 3: Representing Culture, Romanticizing Contradiction: The Politics of Literary Exemplarity Ch. 4: Altering the Case: The Invention of the Historical Situation Pt. 2: Reading England in 1819 Ch. 5: Reopening the Case of Scott Ch. 6: Byron's Causes: The Moral Mechanics of Don Juan Ch. 7: An "1819 Temper": Keats and the History of Psyche Ch. 8: Concerning the Influence of America on the Mind: Western Settlements, "English Writers," and the Case of U.S. Culture Ch. 9: The Case of "The Case of Shelley" Ch. 10: History's Lyre: The "West Wind" and the Poet's Work Index
Awards
- PROSE Book Award
Honorable Mention
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