Authoring the Self

Drawing upon historicist and cultural studies approaches to literature, this book argues that the Romantic construction of the self emerged out of the growth of commercial print culture and the expansion and fragmentation of the reading public beginning in eighteenth-century Britain. Arguing for c...

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Main Author: Hess, Scott (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 2005
Series:Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory
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Summary:Drawing upon historicist and cultural studies approaches to literature, this book argues that the Romantic construction of the self emerged out of the growth of commercial print culture and the expansion and fragmentation of the reading public beginning in eighteenth-century Britain. Arguing for continuity between eighteenth-century literature and the rise of Romanticism, this groundbreaking book traces the influence of new print market conditions on the development of the Romantic poetic self.
ISBN:9780203005002
9780415971287;9780415762717;9781135875169;9781135875152;9781135875114
Access:Open Access