Romantic Revelations : Visions of Post-Apocalyptic Life and Hope in the Anthropocene /

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"Romantic Revelations shows that the nonhuman is fundamental to Romanticism's political responses to climatic catastrophes. Exploring what he calls "post-apocalyptic Romanticism," Chris Washington intervenes in the critical conversation that has long defined Romanticism as an apo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Washington, Chris (David Christopher), 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Romanticism.
English literature.
End of the world in literature.
Apocalyptic literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Modern > 18th century .
Fin du monde dans la litterature.
Romantisme > Grande-Bretagne.
Litterature apocalyptique > Histoire et critique.
Litterature anglaise > 18e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Litterature anglaise > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Romanticism > Great Britain.
Apocalyptic literature > History and criticism.
English literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Great Britain.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The mind is its own place: what Percy Shelley's mountain did not say
  • No more cakes and ale, only oil slicks: Mary Shelley's post-apocalyptic state of nature
  • Byron's speculative turn: the biopolitics of paradise
  • Birds do it, bees do it: John Clare, biopolitics, and the nonhuman origins of love
  • The best of all possible end of the worlds: Jane Austen's Frankenstein, or love in the ruins

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