Queer Bookishness of Romanticism - Ornamental Community

This book explores and theorizes Romantic bookishness, arguing that "bookish" names a queer practice and discourse at the margins of Romantic authorship and reading. Ornamental communities focused on books played an antithetical role to the twinned, spiritualizing ideologies of sexuality and authorship in Romanticism and its Victorian reception.

List of contents

List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Romantic Bookishness
Chapter 1: Collecting the Ladies of Llangollen
Chapter 2: Thomas F. Dibdin's Club for Ornamental Gentlemen
Chapter 3: Antiquarian Coolness: The Punk Antiquarianism of Charles Lamb
Chapter 4: A Curious Pair of Bookmen
Bibliography

About the author

Michael Robinson is lecturer in the writing and rhetoric department at the University of Rhode Island.

Product details

• Authors: Michael E. Robinson
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9781793607935
• ISBN: 978-1-79360-793-5
• No. of pages: 244
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, Ireland, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literature: history & criticism, Gender studies, gender groups, Victorian period (1837–1901)