Romanticism : keywords

406 Pages·2015·1.5 MB·English

by  Burwick

Romanticism: Keywords
Keywords in Literature and Culture
The books in this series present keywords for individual literary periods in an
easily accessible reference format. More than a dictionary, each volume is w ritten
by a leading scholar and consists of an engaging collection of short essays, which
consider the ways in which words both register and explore historical change.
Indebted to the work of Raymond Williams, the series identifies and documents
keywords as cultural analysis, taking the reader beyond semantic definition to
uncover the uncertainties, disagreements, and confrontations evident in differing
usages and conflicting connotations.
Published:
Anglo-Saxon Keywords Allen J. Frantzen
Modernism: Keywords Melba Cuddy-Keane,
Adam Hammond, and
Alexandra Peat
Romanticism: Keywords Frederick Burwick
Forthcoming:
Middle English Keywords Kellie Robertson
British Literature 1660–1789: Keywords Robert DeMaria Jr.
Romanticism:
Keywords
Frederick Burwick
This edition first published 2015
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Burwick, Frederick.
Romanticism : keywords / Frederick Burwick. – First edition.
pages cm. – (Keywords in literature and culture)
Summary: “Romanticism Keywords offers readers an invaluable collection of 70 key terms most frequently
discussed by authors of the Romantic period–and most often deliberated and debated by contemporary critics
and literary historians of the era”– Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-470-65983-0 (hardback)
1. Romanticism–Dictionaries. 2. Romanticism–History and criticism–Handbooks, manuals, etc.
3. English language–Etymology. I. Title.
PN603.B86 2015
809′.914503–dc23
2014025619
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
Set in 9.75/14pt Bell Gothic by SPi Publisher Services, Pondicherry, India
1 2015
Contents
Introduction ix
A 1
Abolition 1
Allegory 6
Antiquarianism 10
Art for Art’s Sake 14
Associationism 17
Autobiography 21
B 27
Bardolatry 27
Bluestockings 30
C 34
Childhood 34
Colonialism 38
Crime 43
D 47
Dandyism 47
Dialectics 51
Dreams 61
E 66
Ekphrasis 66
Eroticism 73
Contents
F 80
Folklore 80
G 84
Genius 84
Gothic 88
Grotesque 92
Gusto 99
H 103
Harlequinade 103
Hellenism 106
Higher Criticism 111
Homosexuality 114
I 119
Illusion 119
Imagination 123
Imitation 127
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Incest 131
Inspiration 137
M 143
Madness 143
Medievalism 147
Melancholy 150
Melodrama 154
Mesmerism 157
Metaliterature (Metapoetry, Metafiction, Metadrama) 162
Metonymy 171
Monsters 176
Mythopoeia 180
N 185
Nature 185
Necessitarianism 189
Negative Capability 192
Contents
O 196
Organicism 196
Orientalism 200
P 206
Pantheism 206
Parody 210
Passion 213
Pathetic Fallacy 217
Picturesque 221
Poetic Form 225
Prometheus 229
R 234
Reflection 234
Reform 238
Religion 242
Revolution 250
Rights 255 vii
Romantic Irony 258
Romanticism 267
Ruins 272
S 278
Satire 278
Science 282
Sensibility 293
Solitude 296
Sublime 301
Supernaturalism 306
Symbol 312
Sympathy 316
T 321
Transcendentalism 321
Translation 325
Travel 330
Contents
V 338
Vampire Aesthetics 338
Vision 342
W 347
Women’s Rights 347
Index 353
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