Romanticism, Enthusiasm, and Regulation - Poetics and the Policing of Culture in the Romantic Period

Zusatztext Jon Mee has devoted his life to the study of enthusiasm. Twelve years ago, he rocketed onto the Romantic scene with his first book, Dangerous Enthusiasm, which turned out to be one of the best Blake books of the decade. A series of articles on Coleridge and other visionary writers continued to fan the flames of his following, and now he has satisfied us with Romanticism, Enthusiasm, and Regulation. . . . Mee's book is an important contribution to understanding emotion in the 18th century. Klappentext This study looks at the way writers in the Romantic period! both canonical and popular! attempted to situate themselves in relation to enthusiasm! frequently craving the idea of its therapeutic power! but often also seeking to distinguish their writing from what many regarded as its destructive and pathological power. Zusammenfassung This study looks at the way writers in the Romantic period, both canonical and popular, attempted to situate themselves in relation to enthusiasm, frequently craving the idea of its therapeutic power, but often also seeking to distinguish their writing from what many regarded as its destructive and pathological power.

Summary

This study looks at the way writers in the Romantic period, both canonical and popular, attempted to situate themselves in relation to enthusiasm, frequently craving the idea of its therapeutic power, but often also seeking to distinguish their writing from what many regarded as its destructive and pathological power.

Product details

• Authors: John Mee, Jon Mee, Jon (Margaret Candfield Fellow in English Mee, Mee Jon
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2003
• EAN: 9780198187578
• ISBN: 978-0-19-818757-8
• No. of pages: 330
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 224 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general); LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Social and cultural history, Literary studies: poetry and poets