British State Romanticism

Zusatztext "[ British State Romanticism ] is marked by carefully worked-out readings that illuminate the interplay between the idea of the state and textual detail . . . One already knows that these authors supported some version of the British Establishment! but Frey helps one see that-particularly in the cases of Scott! Austen! and De Quincey-their conservatism is not especially nostalgic or Burkean." Informationen zum Autor Anne Frey is Assistant Professor of English at Texas Christian University. Klappentext Anne Frey is Assistant Professor of English at Texas Christian University. Zusammenfassung British State Romanticism examines how late Romantic writers rethought aesthetics and agency in order to take part in a modernizing British state.

"[British State Romanticism] is marked by carefully worked-out readings that illuminate the interplay between the idea of the state and textual detail . . . One already knows that these authors supported some version of the British Establishment, but Frey helps one see thatparticularly in the cases of Scott, Austen, and De Quinceytheir conservatism is not especially nostalgic or Burkean."

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Anne Frey is Assistant Professor of English at Texas Christian University.

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Anne Frey is Assistant Professor of English at Texas Christian University.

Résumé
British State Romanticism examines how late Romantic writers rethought aesthetics and agency in order to take part in a modernizing British state.