Literary Theory - General & Miscellaneous, Romanticism
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Overview
Focusing on the convergence of Romantic studies and literary theory over the past twenty-five years, Orrin N. C. Wang pairs a series of contemporary critics with "originary" Romantic writers in order to illuminate the work of both the contemporary theorist and earlier Romantic. Wang examines Paul de Man's deconstructive use of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Jerome McGann's Marxist-inflected appropriation of Heinrich Heine, contemporary feminist interpretations of Mary Wollstonecraft, and Harold Bloom's pragmatic reading of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Through these examinations, along with commentary on Keats, Jameson, Lovejoy, and Spitzer, Fantastic Modernity attempts a series of new readings of both the theory being used by the various critics and the primary Romantic texts under consideration.About the Author:
Orrin N. C. Wang is an associate professor of English at the University of Maryland.
Editorials
Criticism
Extremely interesting not only to all scholars of the Romantic period but also to all persons interested in the history and politics of recent literary theory and criticism.Keats-Shelley Journal
One of the most thoughtful, moving, profound, and intelligent books of critical reflection on Romanticism to have been written in recent years.Booknews
Wang (English, U. of MD) looks at the work of contemporary critics in Romantic studies and literary theory, and "originary" Romantic writers. He examines Paul de Man's deconstructive use of Percy Bysshe Shelley; Jerome McGann's Marxist-inflicted appropriation of Heinrich Heine; contemporary feminist interpretations of Mary Wollstonecraft; and Harold Bloom's pragmatic reading of Ralph Waldo Emerson, as well as the work of Keats, Jameson, Lovejoy, and Spitzer. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
April 3, 1996
Publisher
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996.
Pages
256
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780801852206