Imagination under pressure, 1789-1832
aesthetics, politics, and utility
by John C. Whale
"This study offers a reassessment of one of the most important concepts of the Romantic period - the imagination. John Whale locates the Romantic imagination within the period's lively and often antagonistic polemics on aesthetics and politics. In particular he focuses on the different versions of imagination produced within British writing in response to the cultural crises of the French Revolution and the ideology of utilitarianism. Through detailed analysis of key texts by Burke, Paine, Wollstonecraft, Bentham, Hazlitt, Cobbett and Coleridge, Imagination Under Pressure seeks to restore the role of imagination as a more positive force within cultural critique."--Jacket.
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British Aesthetics, English literature, History, History and criticism, Political science, Politics and literature, Romanticism, Utilitarianism, English literature, history and criticism, 19th century, English literature, history and criticism, 18th century, Political science, great britain, Romanticism, great britain, Aesthetics, britishPlaces
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Imagination under pressure, 1789-1832: aesthetics, politics, and utility
2000, Cambridge University Press
in English
0521772192 9780521772198
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-236) and index.
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