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Zusatztext "The scholars involved in this volume are some of the best respected Romanticists of their generation and most have been developing their theories of periodization for the last several decades through conferences and in print. ? the powerful readings offered by this volume can and should inspire Romanticists to revisit the Regency! to test and contest! develop and help remake the narrative of Romanticism. As such! this volume is a welcome and valuable gift to future scholarship on the period." (J. Andrew Hubbell! Review 19! nbol-19.org! February! 2017) Informationen zum Autor Tim Fulford is Professor of English at De Montfort University, UK. His most recent publications include The Late Poetry of the Lake Poets, The Collected Letters of Robert Southey, and Robert Southey: Poetical Works 1811-38. He is currently editing The Collected Letters of Sir Humphry Davy. Michael E. Sinatra is Associate Professor of English at the Universite? de Montre?al, Canada. He is the author of Leigh Hunt and the London Literary Scene, 1805–1828, one of the general editors of the Selected Writing of Leigh Hunt, and the founding editor of Romanticism and Victorianism on the Net. Klappentext The Regency Revisited reconfigures Romantic Studies through a neglected timeframe. It demonstrates how politics and culture of the Regency years transformed literature. By co-opting authors! the Regency provoked opposition! and brought new genres and modes of writing to the fore. Key figures are Robert Southey and Leigh Hunt: The Regency Revisited shows their pivotal roles in transforming Romanticism. Austen and Byron also feature as authors who honed their satire in response to Regency culture. Other topics include Blake and popular art! Regency science (Humphry Davy)! Moore and parlour songs! Cockney writing and Pierce Egan! and Anna Barbauld and the collecting and exhibiting that was so popular an aspect of Regency London. Zusammenfassung The Regency Revisited reconfigures Romantic Studies through a neglected timeframe. It demonstrates how politics and culture of the Regency years transformed literature. By co-opting authors, the Regency provoked opposition, and brought new genres and modes of writing to the fore. Key figures are Robert Southey and Leigh Hunt: The Regency Revisited shows their pivotal roles in transforming Romanticism. Austen and Byron also feature as authors who honed their satire in response to Regency culture. Other topics include Blake and popular art, Regency science (Humphry Davy), Moore and parlour songs, Cockney writing and Pierce Egan, and Anna Barbauld and the collecting and exhibiting that was so popular an aspect of Regency London. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; Tim Fulford and Michael E. Sinatra 2. The Glimmer of Futurity, 1811-1815; Jonathan Sachs 3. Jane Austen, Percy Shelley, and Felix Britannica; Joel Faflak 4. Renewing the Estate: Mansfield Park and the Berkeley Peerage Affair; Robert Miles 5. William Blake and the Decorative Arts; Tilar Mazzeo 6. The State of The Examiner's World in 1813; Jeffrey N. Cox 7. 'Senator and Actors': Leigh Hunt's Theatrical Criticism and the Regency; Michael E. Sinatra 8. 1813: The Year of the Laureate; Michael Gamer 9. Of Precious Loobies, Bag Wigs, and Posthumous Orators: Hunt's 'Resurrection' of Southey; Gregory Kucich 10. The Volcanic Humphry Davy; Tim Fulford 11. Lord Byron's Greek Air: Rediscovering a Regency Lyric; Andrew Stauffer 12. Collecting, Cultural Memory and the Regency Museum; Sophie Thomas 13. De-Radicalizing Popular Literature: from William Hone to Pierce Egan; John Gardner ...
List of contents
1. Introduction; Tim Fulford and Michael E. Sinatra
2. The Glimmer of Futurity, 1811-1815; Jonathan Sachs
3. Jane Austen, Percy Shelley, and Felix Britannica; Joel Faflak
4. Renewing the Estate: Mansfield Park and the Berkeley Peerage Affair; Robert Miles
5. William Blake and the Decorative Arts; Tilar Mazzeo
6. The State of The Examiner's World in 1813; Jeffrey N. Cox
7. 'Senator and Actors': Leigh Hunt's Theatrical Criticism and the Regency; Michael E. Sinatra
8. 1813: The Year of the Laureate; Michael Gamer
9. Of Precious Loobies, Bag Wigs, and Posthumous Orators: Hunt's 'Resurrection' of Southey; Gregory Kucich
10. The Volcanic Humphry Davy; Tim Fulford
11. Lord Byron's Greek Air: Rediscovering a Regency Lyric; Andrew Stauffer
12. Collecting, Cultural Memory and the Regency Museum; Sophie Thomas
13. De-Radicalizing Popular Literature: from William Hone to Pierce Egan; John Gardner
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"The scholars involved in this volume are some of the best respected Romanticists of their generation and most have been developing their theories of periodization for the last several decades through conferences and in print. ... the powerful readings offered by this volume can and should inspire Romanticists to revisit the Regency, to test and contest, develop and help remake the narrative of Romanticism. As such, this volume is a welcome and valuable gift to future scholarship on the period." (J. Andrew Hubbell, Review 19, nbol-19.org, February, 2017)
