Necromanticism : Traveling to Meet the Dead, 1750-1860 /
Westover, P.author.
Necromanticism is a study of literary pilgrimage: readers' compulsion to visit literary homes, landscapes, and (especially) graves during the long Romantic period. The book draws on the histories of tourism and literary genres to highlight Romanticism's recourse to the dead in its reading, writing, and canon-making practices.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Traveling to Meet the Dead; 1 On Ideal Presence; 2 The Origins of Literary Tourism; 3 William Godwin, Necro-Tourism, and the Empirical Afterlife of the Dead; 4 Imaginary Pilgrimages: Felicia Hemans, Dead Poets, and Romantic Historiography; Interlude: Necromanticism and Romantic Authorship; 5 The Transatlantic Invention of ""English"" Literary Heritage; 6 Illustration, Historicism, and Travel: The Legacy of Sir Walter Scott; Notes; Works Consulted; Index
Necromanticism is a study of literary pilgrimage: readers' compulsion to visit literary homes, landscapes, and (especially) graves during the long Romantic period. The book draws on the histories of tourism and literary genres to highlight Romanticism's recourse to the dead in its reading, writing, and canon-making practices.
Authors and readers
Romanticism
Literary landmarks
Death in literature
Authors, English
British literature.
Literature, Modern—18th century.