Literary Minstrelsy, 1770-1830 Minstrels and Improvisers in British, Irish, and American Literature |
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Author:
| Simpson, Erik |
Series title: | Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Cultures of Print Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-230-20051-7 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2008 |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan Limited
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Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $54.99 |
Book Description:
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This book argues that Romantic-era writers used the figure of the minstrel to imagine authorship as a social, responsive enterprise unlike the solitary process portrayed by Romantic myths of the lone genius. Simpson highlights the centrality of the minstrel to many important literary developments from the Romantic era through to the 1840s.
This book argues that Romantic-era writers used the figure of the minstrel to imagine authorship as a social, responsive enterprise unlike the solitary process portrayed by Romantic myths of the lone genius. Simpson highlights the centrality of the minstrel to many important literary developments from the Romantic era through to the 1840s.