The Orient and the Young Romantics

• Tác giả: Andrew Warren
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-1107071902
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 820.9325 English and Old English (Anglo-Saxon) literatures
• Mô tả vật lý: vii, 279 pages ; , 24 cm.
• Bộ sưu tập: Văn học
• ID: 349400
• Chủ đề: 1. Civilization, Oriental, in literature; 2. East and West in literature; 3. English literature--Asian influences; 4. English poetry--History and criticism--19th century; 5. Romanticism--Great Britain; 6. LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-273) and index.

Tóm tắt

"Through close readings of major poems, this book examines why the second-generation Romantic poets - Byron, Shelley, and Keats - stage so much of their poetry in Eastern or Orientalized settings. It argues that they do so not only to interrogate their own imaginations, but also as a way of criticizing Europe's growing imperialism. For them the Orient is a projection of Europe's own fears and desires. It is therefore a charged setting in which to explore and contest the limits of the age's aesthetics, politics and culture. Being nearly always self-conscious and ironic, the poets' treatment of the Orient becomes itself a twinned criticism of 'Romantic' egotism and the Orientalism practiced by earlier generations. The book goes further to claim that poems like Shelley's Revolt of Islam, Byron's 'Eastern' Tales, or even Keats's Lamia anticipate key issues at stake in postcolonial studies more generally"-- Provided by publisher.