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" Bloody Romanticism : "
by Ian Haywood.
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BL
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723502
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b543216
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by Ian Haywood.
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Bloody Romanticism : : Spectacular Violence and the Politics of Representation, 1776- 832\ by Ian Haywood.
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London: Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006
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Palgrave studies in the Enlightenment, romanticism and cultures of print.
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(XI, 270 pages).
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0230596797
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: 1349521620
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: 9780230596795
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: 9781349521623
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Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Romantic Agonies; 1 'Beneath the Bloody Scourge Laid Bare the Man': Slavery and Violence; 2 'Disturbed Imagination': The French Revolution; 3 'The Most Distressful Country': The Irish Rebellion of 1798; 4 American 'Savagery'; 5 Unruly People: The Spectacular Riot; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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This book studies the impact of violence on the writing of the Romantic period. The focus is on the response of writers to a series of violent events including the revolutions in America and France and the Irish rebellion of 1798. Authors covered include Coleridge, Wordsworth, Scott, Byron, Fennimore Cooper, Equiano, and Helen Maria Williams.
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Culture -- Study and teaching.
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History, Modern.
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Literature.
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PR448.P6B953 2006
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Ian Haywood
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