Romanticism, enthusiasm, and regulation
Subtitle: poetics and the policing of culture in the Romantic period
By: Jon Mee.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
Subjects: English poetry -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Romanticism -- Great Britain; English poetry -- 18th century -- History and criticism; Enthusiasm -- Great Britain -- History; Fanaticism -- Great Britain -- History; Poetry -- Psychological aspects; Self-control in literature; Enthusiasm in literature
Description: This study looks at the way writers in the Romantic period, both canonical and popular, attempted to situate themselves in relation to enthusiasm, frequently craving the idea of its therapeutic power, but often also seeking to distinguish their writing from what many regarded as its destructive and pathological power.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-313) and index.