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Romanticism and the Uses of Genre (Hardcover, New)
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Romanticism and the Uses of Genre (Hardcover, New)
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This wide-ranging and original book reappraises the role of genre,
and genre theory, in British Romanticism. Analyzing numerous
examples from 1760 to 1830, David Duff examines the generic
innovations and experiments which propel the Romantic 'revolution
in literature', but also the fascination with archaic forms such as
the ballad, sonnet, epic, and romance, whose revival and
transformation make Romanticism a 'retro' movement as well as a
revolutionary one. The tension between the drives to 'make it old'
and to 'make it new' generates one of the most dynamic phases in
the history of literature, whose complications are played out in
the critical writing of the period as well as its creative
literature. Incorporating extensive research on classification
systems and reception history as well as on literary forms
themselves, Romanticism and the Uses of Genre demonstrates how new
ideas about the role and status of genre influenced not only
authors but also publishers, editors, reviewers, and readers. The
focus is on poetry, but a wider spectrum of genres is considered, a
central theme being the relationship - hierarchical, competitive,
combinatory - between genres. Among the topics addressed are
generic primitivism and forgery; Enlightenment theory and the
'cognitive turn'; the impact of German transcendental aesthetics;
organic and anti-organic form; the role of genre in the French
Revolution debate; the poetics of the fragment and sketch; and the
theory and practice of genre-mixing. Unprecedented in its scope and
detail, this important book establishes a new way of reading
Romantic literature which brings into focus for the first time its
tangled relationship with genre.
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