British Romanticism and the Literature of Human Interest

British Romanticism and the Literature of Human Interest investigates the generic structures of Romantic literature and the negotiation of the status of literature in the period in relation to a new media landscape. This book explores the self-theorization of Romantic literature and argues for its value to contemporary literary criticism.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Traces of Human Interest
Chapter 2: Seaching Stories
Chapter 3: Intimate Interests
Chapter 4: Byron's Interruption
Chapter 5: Romantic Ends
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

About the author

Mai-Lin Cheng is assistant professor of literature in the Robert D. Clark Honors College at the University of Oregon.

Summary

British Romanticism and the Literature of Human Interest investigates the generic structures of Romantic literature and the negotiation of the status of literature in the period in relation to a new media landscape. This book explores the self-theorization of Romantic literature and argues for its value to contemporary literary criticism.

Product details

• Authors: Mai-Lin Cheng
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781611488685
• ISBN: 978-1-61148-868-5
• No. of pages: 206
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 236 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Series: Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture 1650-1850; Transits: Literature, Thought; Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture, 1650-1850; Transits: Literature, Thought; Bucknell University Press
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies