Spectacular Violence and the Politics of Representation, 1776- 832
First Statement of Responsibility
by Ian Haywood.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
London
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2006
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
(XI, 270 pages).
SERIES
Series Title
Palgrave studies in the Enlightenment, romanticism and cultures of print.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Romantic Agonies; 1 'Beneath the Bloody Scourge Laid Bare the Man': Slavery and Violence; 2 'Disturbed Imagination': The French Revolution; 3 'The Most Distressful Country': The Irish Rebellion of 1798; 4 American 'Savagery'; 5 Unruly People: The Spectacular Riot; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book studies the impact of violence on the writing of the Romantic period. The focus is on the response of writers to a series of violent events including the revolutions in America and France and the Irish rebellion of 1798. Authors covered include Coleridge, Wordsworth, Scott, Byron, Fennimore Cooper, Equiano, and Helen Maria Williams.