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Romanticism, Republicanism, and the Swiss Myth (Hardcover)
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Romanticism, Republicanism, and the Swiss Myth (Hardcover)
Series: Cambridge Studies in Romanticism
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The first detailed treatment of Switzerland in British literature
and culture from Joseph Addison to John Ruskin, this book analyzes
the aesthetic and political uses of what is commonly called the
'Swiss myth' in the parallel development of Romanticism and
liberalism. The myth merged the country's legends going back to the
Middle Ages with the Enlightenment image of a happy, free nation of
alpine shepherds. Its unique combination of conservative,
progressive, and radical associations enabled writers before the
French Revolution to call for democratic reforms, whereas those
coming after could refigure it as a conservative alternative to
French liberte. Integrating intellectual history with literary
studies, and addressing a wide range of Romantic-period texts and
authors, among them Byron, the Shelleys, Hemans, Scott, Coleridge,
and, above all, Wordsworth, the book argues that the myth
contributed to the liberal idea of the people as a sublime yet
sleeping sovereign.
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