Biofictions - The Rewriting of Romantic Lives in Contemporary Fiction and Drama (Hardcover)

A pioneering collection of articles on fictionalized biographies of the Romantics in contemporary fiction and drama. It appears that the lives of the British Romantics and the myths surrounding them have a special appeal for contemporary writers.The present volume sets out to explore this renewed interest in Romantic artist-figures in the context of the current renaissance of 'life-writing'. The essays collected here deal with Romantic 'biofictions' by such authors as Peter Ackroyd, Adrian Mitchell, Ann Jellicoe, Liz Lochhead, Judith Chernaik, Amanda Prantera, Robert Nye, Tom Stoppard, Howard Brenton, Edward Bond, and others. Thomas Chatterton, William Blake, James Hogg, Sir Walter Scott, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Shelley, John Polidori, John Clare, and -- most prominently -- Lord Byron featureas the 'biographical subjects' in the works discussed.

General

Imprint:	Camden House
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	European Studies in North American Literature and Culture
Release date:	June 1999
First published:	1999
Editors:	Martin Middeke • Werner Huber
Contributors:	Annegret Maack • Ansgar Nuenning • Beate Neumeier • Bernhard Reitz • Christine Kenyon-Jones • Christopher Innes (Contributor) • Frances Wilson • Jill Rubenstein (Contributor)
Dimensions:	579 x 386 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	238
ISBN-13:	978-1-57113-123-2
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	English
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Plays & playwrights > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General
LSN:	1-57113-123-X
Barcode:	9781571131232

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