The Regency Revisited [electronic resource] /
Fulford, Tim.editor.
Sinatra, Michael E.editor.
The Regency Revisited reconfigures Romantic Studies through a neglected timeframe. It demonstrates how politics and culture of the Regency years transformed literature. By co-opting authors, the Regency provoked opposition, and brought new genres and modes of writing to the fore. Key figures are Robert Southey and Leigh Hunt: The Regency Revisited shows their pivotal roles in transforming Romanticism. Austen and Byron also feature as authors who honed their satire in response to Regency culture. Other topics include Blake and popular art, Regency science (Humphry Davy), Moore and parlour songs, Cockney writing and Pierce Egan, and Anna Barbauld and the collecting and exhibiting that was so popular an aspect of Regency London.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Introduction; Tim Fulford and Michael E. Sinatra -- 2. The Glimmer of Futurity, 1811-1815; Jonathan Sachs -- 3. Jane Austen, Percy Shelley, and Felix Britannica; Joel Faflak -- 4. Renewing the Estate: Mansfield Park and the Berkeley Peerage Affair; Robert Miles -- 5. William Blake and the Decorative Arts; Tilar Mazzeo -- 6. The State of The Examiner's World in 1813; Jeffrey N. Cox -- 7. 'Senator and Actors': Leigh Hunt's Theatrical Criticism and the Regency; Michael E. Sinatra -- 8. 1813: The Year of the Laureate; Michael Gamer -- 9. Of Precious Loobies, Bag Wigs, and Posthumous Orators: Hunt's 'Resurrection' of Southey; Gregory Kucich -- 10. The Volcanic Humphry Davy; Tim Fulford -- 11. Lord Byron's Greek Air: Rediscovering a Regency Lyric; Andrew Stauffer -- 12. Collecting, Cultural Memory and the Regency Museum; Sophie Thomas -- 13. De-Radicalizing Popular Literature: from William Hone to Pierce Egan; John Gardner.
The Regency Revisited reconfigures Romantic Studies through a neglected timeframe. It demonstrates how politics and culture of the Regency years transformed literature. By co-opting authors, the Regency provoked opposition, and brought new genres and modes of writing to the fore. Key figures are Robert Southey and Leigh Hunt: The Regency Revisited shows their pivotal roles in transforming Romanticism. Austen and Byron also feature as authors who honed their satire in response to Regency culture. Other topics include Blake and popular art, Regency science (Humphry Davy), Moore and parlour songs, Cockney writing and Pierce Egan, and Anna Barbauld and the collecting and exhibiting that was so popular an aspect of Regency London.
European literature.
British literature.
Literature—Philosophy.
Literature, Modern—19th century.
Fiction.
Literature—History and criticism.
European Literature.
British and Irish Literature.
Literary Theory.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.
Fiction.
Literary History.