James Treadwell

Autobiographical Writing and British Literature, 1783-1834

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The decades of the Romantic period identified themselves as 'Autobiographical times' - but did so anxiously. This book asks: what forms did that recognition and that anxiety take within the literary culture of the period? What did autobiography mean to Romantic readers and writers? How do autobiographical texts of the period reflect, express, and negotiate these conditions?As well as reading a wide variety of those documents, with single chapters devoted to works by Coleridge, Byron, and Lamb, Treadwell examines writing on and around autobiography: essays, reviews, and other forms of commentary. By preserving a continuous relation between the texts and their contexts, this book offers the first proper study of what is actually meant by 'Romantic autobiography'.

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What did autobiography mean to Romantic readers and writers? How do autobiographical texts of the period reflect, express, and negotiate these conditions? Answering these questions and more, James Treadwell examines a wide variety of Romantic texts, with single chapters devoted to works by Coleridge, Byron, and Lamb. By preserving a continuous relation between the texts and their contexts, this book offers the first proper study of what is actually meant by "Romantic autobiography."

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. April 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 458g
• ISBN-13: 9780199262977
• ISBN-10: 0199262977
• Artikelnr.: 22136440

Autorenporträt

James Treadwell was formerly Assistant Professor of English at McGill University, Montreal.

Inhaltsangabe

Prescription
1.: The Rise of 'Autobiography'
2.: The Case of Rousseau
3.: Autobiography and the Literary Public Sphere
Prescription/Practice
4.: Autobiography and Publication
5.: 'Biographia Literaria'
6.: Autobiographical Transactions
7.: 'Childe Harold' Canto III
8.: 'Elia'
Bibliography