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Zusatztext Paper Pellets is a valuable addition to the recent body of excellent work on early nineteenth-century print culture and periodical writing. Informationen zum Autor Richard Cronin is Professor of English Literature at the University of Glasgow. He has published widely, especially on Romantic and Victorian literature. His Romantic Victorians: English Literature, 1824-1840 appeared in 2002, and Emma, co-edited with Dorothy McMillan, appeared in The Cambridge edition of the Works of Jane Austen in 2005. Klappentext This study begins with two fatal duels as an introduction to a literary period best defined by its antagonisms. Exploring three publishing phenomena of the age; the novels of Walter Scott, Byron's Don Juan, and the new literary magazines, it attempts a reconfiguration of our understanding of literary culture after Waterloo. Zusammenfassung This book begins with two fatal duels, as the most apt introduction to a literary period best defined by its antagonisms. Exploring three publishing phenomena of the age; the novels of Walter Scott, Byron's Don Juan, and the new literary magazines, it attempts a radical reconfiguration of our understanding of literary culture after Waterloo. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction: Two Duels 2: Two Dinners 3: Personalities 4: Flesh-Coloured Silk 5: Remembering Peebles 6: Mr. Knight's Best Small Capitals 7: Pistols and Horsewhips 8: Disunity of Mind: The Novel as Magazine 9: Practical Asyndeton: The Poem as Magazine 10: Cruel Mockeries 11: Jack and Gill 12: Conclusion: Two Cultures Bibliography
