Romanticism and the painful pleasures of modern life
Auteur :
Henderson, Andrea K.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521175449
Date de publication :
3 mars 2011
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
460 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Writers of the Romantic period were fascinated by experiences of pain and misery, and explored the ability to derive pleasure, and produce creative energy, out of masochism and submission. This provocative and ambitious study ranges widely through early nineteenth-century culture to reveal the underlying power relations that shaped Romanticism.