Paul Whickman

Blasphemy and Politics in Romantic Literature

Creativity in the Writing of Percy Bysshe Shelley

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This book argues for the importance of blasphemy in shaping the literature and readership of Percy Bysshe Shelley and of the Romantic period more broadly. Not only are perceptions of blasphemy taken to be inextricable from politics, this book also argues for blasphemous 'irreverence' as both inspiring and necessitating new poetic creativity. The book reveals the intersection of blasphemy, censorship and literary property throughout the 'Long Eighteenth Century', attesting to the effect of this connection on Shelley's poetry more specifically. Paul Whickman notes how Shelley's perceived blasphemy determined the nature and readership of his pub… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-3-030-46569-8
EAN: 9783030465698
Produktnummer: 34259022
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Seitenangabe: 224 S.
Masse: H21.8 cm x B15.6 cm x D1.9 cm 404 g
Auflage: 1st ed. 2020
Abbildungen: HC runder Rücken kaschiert
Gewicht: 404

Über den Autor

Paul Whickman is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Derby, UK. Paul's research interests lie in the Romantic period, particularly the work of Byron, Shelley and Keats. He has published in journals such as the Keats-Shelley Review and was previously a contributor to the Year's Work in English Studies (2015-2018).