A re-reading of The Prelude in the light of poststructuralist and
feminist theory, this highly praised work is the first major study
of the poem by an author distinguished as both Wordsworthian and
feminist critic. Beginning with Romantic autobiography, theatrical
politics, and history, the book moves by way of Romantic attitudes
to language, figuration and voice to consider the role of gender in
Romantic self-representation and pedagogy. Besides investigating
different aspects of the high Romanticism exemplified by The
prelude, individual chapters explore writing by Burke, Rousseau,
Hazlitt, Lamb, and De Quincey, while engaging with topics such as
literary influence, New Historicism, or the gender-related aspects
of Romantic criticism. Romanticism, Writing, and Sexual Difference
is an important contribution not only to Wordsworth studies, but to
current theoretical debates on both sides of the Atlantic as they
bear on the history and politics (including sexual politics) of
Romanticism itself. 'given that we are at a breaking point in
"romantic" studies, it is difficult to know how to give a book like
this the kind of praise it deserves without returning to those very
"Romantic" tropes which are put at risk by the book itself. Readers
interested in Romanticism, writing, or sexual difference will
simply have to read the book for themselves to determine how best
to rearticulate the terms of praise.' Modern Philology 'a lively
and stimulating book' Times Higher Education Supplement
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