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Romanticism's Debatable Lands

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  • © 2007

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  1. Claire Lamont

    1. Newcastle University, UK

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  2. Michael Rossington

    1. Newcastle University, UK

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Claire Lamont, Michael Rossington
      Pages 1-9

  3. Britain and Ireland

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Writing on the Borders

      • Fiona Stafford
      Pages 13-26

    3. ‘Viewing Most Things Thro’ False Mediums’: Iolo Morganwg (1747–1826) and English Perceptions of Wales

      • Mary-Ann Constantine
      Pages 27-38

    4. ‘Looking back upon a Highland Prospect’: Scott, The Lady of the Lake, and the Lowland/Celtic Fringe

      • Susan Oliver
      Pages 39-51

    5. He’s Come Undone: Gender, Territory, and Hysteria in Rob Roy

      • Fiona Wilson
      Pages 52-63

    6. The Shadow Line’: James Currie’s ‘Life of Burns’ and British Romanticism

      • Nigel Leask
      Pages 64-79

    7. The Debatable Borders of English and Scottish Song and Ballad Collections

      • Janet Sorensen
      Pages 80-82

    8. Debatable Geographies of Romantic Nostalgia: The Redemptive Landscape in Wordsworth and Cobbett

      • Alex Benchimol
      Pages 92-104

    9. John Clare and the Question of Place

      • Timothy Morton
      Pages 105-117

  4. Europe and Beyond

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
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    2. Uneasy Settlement: Wordsworth and Emigration

      • Karen O’Brien
      Pages 121-135

    3. Philosophy’s Debatable Land in Coleridge’s Biographia Literaria

      • Joel Faflak
      Pages 136-147

    4. Interrogating the ‘Valley of Wonders’: Some Romantic-Period Debates about Chamonix-Mont Blanc

      • Cian Duffy
      Pages 148-159

    5. Those Syren-Haunted Seas Beside’: Naples in the Work of Staël, Hemans, and the Shelleys

      • Nanora Sweet
      Pages 160-171

    6. Helen Maria Williams’s Peru and the Spanish Legacy of the British Empire

      • Juan Sánchez
      Pages 172-185

    7. Borderline Engagements: The Crusades in Romantic-Period Drama

      • Diego Saglia
      Pages 186-197

    8. Debating India: Southey and The Curse of Kehama

      • Carol Bolton
      Pages 198-210

    9. Debating China: Romantic Fictions of the Qing Empire, 1760–1800

      • Peter J. Kitson
      Pages 211-222
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About this book

This book uses the theme of 'debatable lands', to explore aspects of writing in the Romantic period. Walter Scott brought it to a wider public, and the phrase came to be applied to debates which were intellectual, political or artistic. These debates are pursued in a collection of essays grouped under the headings such as 'Britain and Ireland'.

Reviews

'In Romantic studies, debate is of the essence. The trenchant essays in this new collection provide successive reports on the state of play, as some of the most fascinating and central issues are discussed by leading scholars of the present day.' - John Beer, Emeritus Professor of English Literature, University of Cambridge, UK

'This is a richly various collection of essays.' - Richard Cronin, Modern Language Review

'Romantacism's Debatable Lands achieves a convincing consistency of theme. [...] Altogether, this collection contains many thought-provoking essays.' - Gavin Budge, BARS Bulletin & Review

Editors and Affiliations

  • Newcastle University, UK

    Claire Lamont, Michael Rossington

About the editors

ALEX BENCHIMOL Teaches in the Department of English Literature, Glasgow University, UK CAROL BOLTON Independent scholar DEIRDRE COLEMAN Lecturer in the School of Letters, Art and Media, University of Sydney, Australia MARY-ANN CONSTANTINE Research Fellow, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, UK CIAN DUFFY Lecturer in English Literature, St Mary's College, Strawberry Hill, UK JOEL FAFLAK Associate Professor in the Department of English, University of Western Ontario, USA PETER KITSON Professor of English, University of Dundee, UK KAREN O'BRIEN Professor of English Literature, University of Warwick, UK SUSAN OLIVER Lecturer in English, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK TIMOTHY MORTON Professor of Literature and the Environment, University of California, Davis, USA NIGEL LEASK Regius Professor of English Language and Literature, University of Glasgow, UK DIEGO SAGLIA Associate Professor of English Literature, University of Parma, Italy JUAN SÁNCHEZ Doctoral Student in the Department of English, University of Notre Dame, USA JANET SORENSON Teaches in the English Department, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA FIONA STAFFORD Reader in English, University of Oxford, UK NANORA SWEET Professor of English and Women's and Gender Studies, University of Missouri-St Louis, USA FIONA WILSON Visiting Assistant Professor in English Literature, Fordham University, USA

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