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Zusatztext Representations of the Gypsy in the Romantic Period ... provides a fascinating insight into writers' and artists' portrayals of wanderers such as gypsies [and] treads new territory in its analysis of portrayals of travellers and wanderers in literature between 1783 and 1832. Informationen zum Autor Sarah Houghton-Walker is a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where she teaches on the literature of the long eighteenth century. Her first book was on John Clare, and she is a founding co-Director of the Cambridge Centre for John Clare Studies. Klappentext Representations of the Gypsy in the Romantic Period examines the ways writers and artists from the Romantic period depict gypsies. It examines how various aspects of the contemporary context influence those depictions, and highligts the opportunities offered by the figure of the gypsy for the exploration of a range of hopes and fears. Zusammenfassung Representations of the Gypsy in the Romantic Period examines the ways writers and artists from the Romantic period depict gypsies. It examines how various aspects of the contemporary context influence those depictions, and highligts the opportunities offered by the figure of the gypsy for the exploration of a range of hopes and fears. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Background, Histories, and Myths: the Situation of the Gypsies in the Romantic Period 2: Literary Contexts: the Gypsy on the Page in the Romantic Period 3: William Cowper's Gypsies 4: John Clare's Gypsies 5: Wandering, Wordsworth, and Gypsies 6: 'Place' in Austen's Emma: Englishness, Gypsies, and Harriet Smith 7: Aesthetic Theories and Literary Traditions: Accommodating the Gypsy in Art 8: Industry, Idleness, and Class Conclusion: The Art of Storytelling: the Literary Gypsy on the Cusp of Change Bibliography
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Representations of the Gypsy in the Romantic Period examines the ways writers and artists from the Romantic period depict gypsies. It examines how various aspects of the contemporary context influence those depictions, and highligts the opportunities offered by the figure of the gypsy for the exploration of a range of hopes and fears.
