Romanticism

ISBN-13: 9780582047990 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 294 str.

Cynthia Chase

Opis

The outlines of contemporary critical theory are now often taught as a standard feature of a degree in literary studies. This text aims to explore the theoretical issues and conflicts embodied in the essays selected and locates areas of disagreement between positions.

Spis treści

Preface  Acknowledgements  Introduction  1. Romanticism and Anti-Self Consciousness, Geoffrey Hartmand  2. Time and History in Wordsworth, Paul de Man  3. The Notion of Blockage in the Literature of the Sublime, Neil Hertz  4. Past Recognition - Narrative Origins in Freud and Wordsworth, Cathy Caruth  5. Splitting the Race of Men in Twain - Prostitution, Personification, and "The Prelude", Mary Jacobus  6. Literary Gentlemen and Lovely Ladies - The debate on the character of "Christabel",Karen Swann  7. Bearing Demons - "Frankenstein" and the Circumvention of Maternity, Margaret Homans  8. Introduction to Keats's "Life of Allegory", Marjorie Levinson  9. Byron's "Sardanapalus" and the Triumph of Liberalism, Jerome Christensen  10. Unbinding Words - "Prometheus Unbound", Carol Jacobs  Notes on Authors  Further Reading  Index

O autorze

Cynthia Chase teaches courses in the Departments of English and Comparative Literature at Cornell Unviersity, USA.