Romantic writing and the empire of signs : periodical culture and post-Napoleonic authorship /
Fang, Karen Y.
Charlottesville, Va. ; London : University of Virginia Press,
2010.
"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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-221) and index.
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.
"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.
English literature
British periodicals
Romanticism
Imperialism in literature.
Orientalism in literature.
Periodicals
Authors and publishers
Literature publishing