Prose in the age of poets : romanticism and biographical narrative from Johnson to De Quincey /

In Prose in the Age of Poets, Annette Wheeler Cafarelli demonstrates that nonfictional narrative of the time was a central expression of British Romanticism. The rise of interest in the individual traditionally associated with Romantic autobiography was actually part of a wider cultural interest in...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cafarelli, Annette Wheeler
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©1990.
Subjects:
Johnson, Samuel, > 1709-1784. > Lives of the English poets.
Hazlitt, William, > 1778-1830. > Spirit of the age.
De Quincey, Thomas, > 1785-1859. > Literary reminiscences.
Lives of the English poets (Johnson, Samuel)
1700-1899
English prose literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
English prose literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
Authors, English > Biography > History and criticism.
Biography as a literary form.
Romanticism > Great Britain.
Biographies as Topic
Prose anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Prose anglaise > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Biographie (Genre littéraire)
Romantisme > Grande-Bretagne.
biographies (literary works)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Authors, English > Biography.
English prose literature.
Romanticism.
Biografie
Geschichte (1780-1860)
Prosa.
Geschichte (1700-1900)
Geschichte (1779-1859)
Great Britain.
Großbritannien
Englisch.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter I. Introduction: Biography as Symbolic Narrative
  • Chapter II. Samuel Johnson: The Lives of the Poets as a Collective Sequence
  • Chapter III. The Romantic Agenda: Johnson and the Romantic Canon
  • Chapter IV. William Hazlitt: Narrative Hieroglyphics
  • Chapter V. Thomas De Quincey: The Allegory of Everyday Life
  • Notes
  • Select Bibliography
  • Name Index
  • Subject Index

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