Irish Literature, English Literature

Romanticism and the City

Name: Romanticism and the City
Author: Larry H. Peer
ISBN: 9780230108837

by Larry H. Peer (Editor)

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Overview

Romanticism and the City explores how late eighteenth-and early nineteenth-century literature conceptualized urban space. Fresh readings of key texts show how Romantic concerns with urban life shaped both individual works and broader theoretical issues.

About the Author, Larry H. Peer

Larry H. Peer is a Professor of Comparative Literature at Brigham Young University. He is the Executive Director of the International Conference on Romanticism, editor of the journal Prism(s): Essays in Romanticism, and the author of numerous books and essays in the field of Romanticism studies.