Counterfactual Romanticism

Counterfactual Romanticism

Author: Damian Walford Davies

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2019-09-18

Total Pages: 419

ISBN-13: 1526108011

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Innovatively extending counterfactual thought experiments from history and the social sciences to literary historiography, criticism and theory, Counterfactual Romanticism reveals the ways in which the shapes of Romanticism are conditioned by that which did not come to pass. Exploring various modalities of counterfactual speculation and inquiry across a range of Romantic-period authors, genres and concerns, this collection offers a radical new purchase on literary history, on the relationship between history and fiction, and on our historicist methods to date – and thus on the Romanticisms we (think we) have inherited. Counterfactual Romanticism provides a ground-breaking method of re-reading literary pasts and our own reading presents; in the process, literary production, texts and reading practices are unfossilised and defamiliarised.


Interventions

Interventions

Author: Andrew Smith

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2017-07-31

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 1526107597

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This book aims to intervene in current critical contexts for the study of nineteenth-century literature within the academy and beyond. Topics discussed include science and technology, poetry and philosophy, the Gothic, anatomical exhibitions, the global spread of liberalism, Anglo-American publishing, Punjabi popular culture and the neo-Victorian in literature, film and performance. By bringing together a broad range of intellectually challenging perspectives, the book offers an engaging critical overview of the field of nineteenth-century literary studies that will appeal both to scholars working within the field and students and teachers encountering this fascinating area of study for the first time.


The Future of Feminist Eighteenth-Century Scholarship

The Future of Feminist Eighteenth-Century Scholarship

Author: Robin Runia

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-11-10

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 1351334573

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There is an unfortunate argument being made that feminist scholarship of eighteenth-century literary studies has fulfilled its potential in academic circles. The Future of Eighteenth-Century Feminist Scholarship: Beyond Recovery shows us otherwise. Each of the essays in this volume reaffirms the feminist principles that form the foundation of this area, then builds upon them by acknowledging the inevitable conflicts they or their subjects have faced and the contradictions they or their subjects have lived.


Charlotte Brontë

Charlotte Brontë

Author: Amber K Regis

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2017-07-21

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 1526119854

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Charlotte Brontë: legacies and afterlives is a timely reflection on the persistent fascination and creative engagement with Charlotte Brontë’s life and work. The new essays in this volume, which cover the period from Brontë’s first publication to the twenty-first century, explain why her work has endured in so many different forms and contexts. This book brings the story of Charlotte Brontë’s legacy up to date, analysing the intriguing afterlives of characters such as Jane Eyre and Rochester in neo-Victorian fiction, cinema, television, the stage and, more recently, on the web. Taking a fresh look at 150 years of engagement with one of the best-loved novelists of the Victorian period, from obituaries to vlogs, from stage to screen, from novels to erotic makeovers, this book reveals the author’s diverse and intriguing legacy. Engagingly written and illustrated, the book will appeal to both scholars and general readers.


Romanticism, Literature and Philosophy

Romanticism, Literature and Philosophy

Author: Simon Swift

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2006-06-19

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9780826486448

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A highly original and well researched monograph covering Romanticism and philosophy, focusing particularly on aesthetics and reason, now available in paperback.