The orphaned imagination : melancholy and commodity culture in English romanticism /

The orphaned imagination : melancholy and commodity culture in English romanticism /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Batten, Guinn
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 1998.
Subjects:
English poetry > 19th century > History and criticism.
Melancholy in literature.
Capitalism and literature > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Commercial products > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Poetry > Authorship > Economic aspects > Great Britain.
Loss (Psychology) in literature.
Romanticism > Great Britain.
Table of Contents:
  • Byron's in-between art of ennui: "The world is full of orphans"
  • Spectral generation in The Four Zoas: "Indolence and mourning sit hovring"
  • Shelley's absent fathers: "The awful shadow of some unseen power"
  • Depression and vocation in the 1805 Prelude: "The homeless voice of waters".