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Author: K. P. Van Anglen
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 2018-10-31
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 147442967X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExamines the role that cinema played in imagining Hong Kong and Taiwan's place in the world
Author: K. P. VAN ANGLEN
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ISBN-13: 9781474439312
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Patrick Vincent
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Published: 2023-11-09
Total Pages: 687
ISBN-13: 1108497063
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExamining Romanticism's pan-European circulation of people, ideas, and texts, this history re-analyses the period and Britain's place in it.
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Published: 1912
Total Pages: 398
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: James Sambrook
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-07-15
Total Pages: 339
ISBN-13: 1317893239
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is an impressive and lucid survey of eighteenth-century intellectual life, providing a real sense of the complexity of the age and of the cultural and intellectual climate in which imaginative literature flourished. It reflects on some of the dominant themes of the period, arguing against such labels as 'Augustan Age', 'Age of Enlightenment' and 'Age of Reason', which have been attached to the eighteenth-century by critics and historians.
Author: Collin Booker
Publisher: Scientific e-Resources
Published: 2019-04-19
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ISBN-13: 1839472944
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBoth the frame and substance of writing today owes much to the advancements that occurred in England between the Restoration and Romantic periods. The development of the novel set off the formation of new sorts and went with an ascent in education all through the nation. This volume looks at the English essayists who helped shape the social, political, and religious atmosphere of the age, and drenches understudies in the historical backdrop of accounts that keep on enchanting groups of onlookers today. This is a noteworthy and clear review of eighteenth-century scholarly life, giving a genuine feeling of the many-sided quality of the age and of the social and scholarly atmosphere in which innovative writing thrived. It thinks about a portion of the overwhelming topics of the period, contending against such marks as 'Augustan Age', 'Time of Enlightenment' and 'Time of Reason', which have been joined to the eighteenth-century by commentators and students of history. This book is a piece of the Tredition Classics arrangement.
Author: Jonathan Wordsworth
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2005-05-26
Total Pages: 1044
ISBN-13: 0141905654
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Romanticism that emerged after the American and French revolutions of 1776 and 1789 represented a new flowering of the imagination and the spirit, and a celebration of the soul of humanity with its capacity for love. This extraordinary collection sets the acknowledged genius of poems such as Blake's 'Tyger', Coleridge's 'Khubla Khan' and Shelley's 'Ozymandias' alongside verse from less familiar figures and women poets such as Charlotte Smith and Mary Robinson. We also see familiar poets in an unaccustomed light, as Blake, Wordsworth and Shelley demonstrate their comic skills, while Coleridge, Keats and Clare explore the Gothic and surreal.
Author: Ryan West &
Publisher: Scientific e-Resources
Published: 2018-04-12
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 1839472960
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLoaded with captivating data, this brief and engaging overview includes a portion of the major abstract showstoppers of nineteenth-century England. In the event that you at any point needed to know which Thomas Hardy novel to peruse in the first place, or simply needed to stand your ground at a mixed drink gathering of English educators, this book is for you. Notwithstanding disclosing to you why Reverend Patrick Bronte copied his youngsters' new red shoes, and whether George Eliot was a man or lady and that's only the tip of the iceberg, Instant English Literature offers extraordinary highlights - including section rundowns, arrangements of's who, true to life and chronicled goodies, title records, and a large group of delineations, photographs, and kid's shows. "e;We think about the nineteenth century as a dynamic age - the time of pioneer extension, upsets, and railways, of extraordinary investigation and the Great Exhibition. Yet, in perusing crafted by Romantic and Victorian scholars one notification a contention, what Stefanie Markovits terms "e;an emergency of activity."e; In her book, The Crisis of Action in Nineteenth-Century English Literature, Markovits maps out this contention by concentrating on four authors: William Wordsworth, Arthur Hugh Clough, George Eliot, and Henry James.
Author: Michael Ferber
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2010-09-23
Total Pages: 168
ISBN-13: 0191614262
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat is Romanticism? In this Very Short Introduction Michael Ferber answers this by considering who the romantics were and looks at what they had in common — their ideas, beliefs, commitments, and tastes. He looks at the birth and growth of Romanticism throughout Europe and the Americas, and examines various types of Romantic literature, music, painting, religion, and philosophy. Focusing on topics, Ferber looks at the 'Sensibility' movement, which preceded Romanticism; the rising prestige of the poet; Romanticism as a religious trend; Romantic philosophy and science; Romantic responses to the French Revolution; and the condition of women. Using examples and quotations he presents a clear insight into this very diverse movement, and offers a definition as well as a discussion of the word 'Romantic' and where it came from. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
