Romantic Narrative: Shelley, Hays, Godwin, Wollstonecraft

by Tilottama Rajan

Often identified with its lyric poetry, Romanticism has come to be dismissed by historicists as an ineffectual idealism. By focusing on Romantic narrative, noted humanist Tilottama Rajan takes issue with this identification, as well as with the equation of narrative itself with the governmental apparatus of the Novel. Exploring the role of narrativity in the works of Romantic writers, Rajan also reflects on larger disciplinary issues such as the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801897211
• ISBN13: 9780801897214
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.0"