Napoleon and English Romanticism (Cambridge Studies in Romanticism)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 23, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780521024129
Subjects: Literary studies: 19th century; Poetry; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; British Isles; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; English literature--19th century--History and; English literature--19th century--History and criticism; Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literary Criticism / Poetry; Literary Criticism-English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
First sentence: Given the nature of this contemporary contest over Napoleon, the importance of what was felt to be invested in it and the extreme terms in which it was conducted, it is astonishing that so little critical attention has been focused on the ways in which Napoleon was represented during the Romantic period.