Romantic writing and the empire of signs : periodical culture and post-Napoleonic authorship / Karen Fang
- Author
- Fang, Karen (Karen Y.), 1973-
- Published
- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2010.
- Physical Description
- x, 236 pages ; 24 cm
- Contents
- Introduction : empire, periodicals, and late Romantic writing -- China for sale : porcelain economy in Lamb's Essays of Elia -- Deciphering The private memoirs : James Hogg's Napoleon complex -- "But another name for her who wrote" : Corinne and the making of Landon's giftbook style -- Only "a little above the usual run of periodical poesy" : Byron's Island and The liberal -- Conclusion : space, time, and the periodical collaborator.
- Summary
- "With its exploration of magazines and imperialism as a context for Romantic writing, culture, and aesthetics, this book will appeal not only to scholars of book history and reading cultures but also to those of nineteenth-century British writing and history."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject(s)
- English literature—19th century—History and criticism
- British periodicals—History—19th century
- Romanticism—Great Britain
- Imperialism in literature
- Orientalism in literature
- Periodicals—Publishing—Great Britain—History—19th century
- Authors and publishers—Great Britain—History—19th century
- Literature publishing—Great Britain—History—19th century
- ISBN
- 9780813928746 (acid-free paper)
0813928745 (acid-free paper)
9780813928821 (e-book)
0813928826 (e-book) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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