Romanticism, Writing, and Sexual Difference - Essays on the Prelude

Zusatztext lively and stimulating book Klappentext This rereading of Wordworth's The Prelude! in light of post-structuralist and feminist theory! is the first study of the poem from both a Wordsworthian and feminist viewpoint. Through close examination of Romantic autobiography! theatrical politics! and history Jacobus discusses Romantic attitudes toward language! figuration! and voice! analyzing the role of gender in Romantic self-expression and pedagogy. She considers different aspects of the high Romanticism exemplified by The Prelude! and explores the writing of Burke! Rousseau! Hazlitt! Lamb! and De Quincey in relation to literary influence! New Historicism! and the gender-related aspects of Romantic criticism. Zusammenfassung A re-reading of "The Prelude" in the light of poststructuralist and feminist theory, this work is a study of the poem by both a Wordsworthian and feminist critic. The book is a contribution to Wordsworth studies and to debates as they bear on the history and politics of Romanticism itself.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Jacobus, Mary (John Wendell Anderson Professor of Jacobus, Jacobus Mary
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.11.1994
• EAN: 9780198183303
• ISBN: 978-0-19-818330-3
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Clarendon Paperbacks; Clarendon Paperbacks
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: general, Literary theory, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Feminism and feminist theory, Literary studies: poetry and poets