REPUBLICAN POLITICS AND ENGLISH POETRY, 1789-1874.

Description:

In the wake of the French Revolution, political theorists and activists advanced a newly coherent set of democratic principles that form the foundation of our modern political world - the principles of Republicanism. The fate of that project was intertwined with the course of Nineteenth-century English poetry. This study explores how poets who espoused republican political ideals sought to embody and advance those principles in their verse. By examining a range of canonical and non-canonical authors- including Blake, Shelley, Cooper, Linton, Landor, Meredith, Thomson and Swinburne - Kuduk Weiner connects the formal strategies of republican poems to the political theory and expressive cultures of republican radicalism. This study traces a strain of powerful, complex political poetry that casts new light on the political and literary history of nineteenth-century England.

subjects: English poetry, history and criticism, 19th century,  Politics and literature,  Republicanism,  English poetry, history and criticism, 18th century,  Political poetry, history and criticism,  English poetry,  History and criticism,  History,  English Political poetry,  Republicanism in literature,  POETRY,  English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh,  Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900,  Literary studies: poetry & poets,  Literature,  Republikanisme,  Gedichten,  Engels,  Lyrik,  Republikanismus (Motiv),  Politik (Motiv),  Radikalismus (Motiv),  Französische Revolution (Motiv)