Author : Jon Mee
Release : 2005
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Book Synopsis Romanticism, Enthusiasm, and Regulation by : Jon Mee

Download or read book Romanticism, Enthusiasm, and Regulation written by Jon Mee. This book was released on 2005. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Although enthusiasm might be thought of as a distinctly Romantic term, this study looks at the way the inherited discourse on enthusiasm structured most writing of the Romantic period. Many of those new to writing as a career in the period took enthusiasm to licence their feelings as a legitimate basis for turning to print. Others took this as an alarming version of the old virus. Few elite writers, Coleridge and Wordsworth included, did not take pains to show they were on the right side of the fence that separated the noble enthusiasm of the poet from either the fanaticism of the crowd or the undisciplined pretensions of hacks and scribblers. Understanding the influence of these processes of regulation and the difficulty faced by writers in clearly articulating the difference Romantic writing was meant to enshrine is at the centre of Romanticism, Enthusiasm, and Regulation."--Résumé de l'éditeur.