Disabling Romanticism: Body, Mind, and Text

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    Abstract

    This book investigates the presence of disability in British Romantic literature, as subject matter, as metaphorical theme, and as lived experience. It is the first collection of its kind, breaking new ground in re-interpreting key texts and providing a challenging overview of this emerging field. The collection offers both a critique of academic Romantic studies and an affirmation of the responsiveness of the Romantic canon to new stimuli. Authors discussed include William Blake, Lord Byron, Ann Batten Cristall, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, George Darley, Richard Payne Knight, William Gilpin, Mary Robinson, Mary Shelley, Robert Southey, and William Wordsworth.
    Original languageUndefined
    Place of PublicationLondon
    PublisherPalgrave Macmillan Ltd.
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2016

    Publication series

    NameLiterary Disability Studies
    PublisherPalgrave Macmillan

    Keywords

    • Romanticism
    • disabilities in literature
    • history and criticism
    • English Romantic period

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