De Quincey's Romanticism
De Quincey's Romanticism
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Margaret Russett uses the example of Thomas De Quincey, the nineteenth-century essayist best remembered for his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater and his memoirs of Wordsworth and Coleridge, to examine the idea of the 'minor' author, and how it is related to what we now call the Romantic canon.
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De Quincey's Romanticism by Margaret Russett
Margaret Russett uses the example of Thomas De Quincey, the nineteenth-century essayist best remembered for his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater and his memoirs of Wordsworth and Coleridge, to examine the idea of the 'minor' author, and how it is related to what we now call the Romantic canon. The case of De Quincey, neither a canonical figure nor a disenfranchised marginal author, offers a point of access to specifically Romantic problems of literary transmission and periodization. Taking an intertextual approach, Russett situates De Quincey's career against the works of Wordsworth and Coleridge; the essays of Lamb, Hazlitt, and other writers for the London Magazine; and discourses of ethics and political economy which are central to the problem of determining literary value. De Quincey's Romanticism shows how De Quincey helped to shape the canon by which his career was defined.
"Russett's impressive study is a shining addition to a growing corpus of fine criticism devoted to a writer whose minor standing has paradoxically become the hallmark of his considerable distinction" Nineteenth-Century Literature
"...Russett's book is a smart, illuminating examintation of the role minor writing plays in the production of the Romantic canon." Romantic Circles Reviews
"...Russett's book is a smart, illuminating examintation of the role minor writing plays in the production of the Romantic canon." Romantic Circles Reviews
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780521572361 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521572363 |
| Title | De Quincey's Romanticism |
| Author | Margaret Russett |
| Series | Cambridge Studies In Romanticism |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 1997-12-04 |
| Number of pages | 312 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |