Autobiographical Writing and British Literature, 1783-1834
ISBN13: 9780199262977ISBN10: 0199262977
Hardback,
268 pages
Apr 2005,
In Stock
Price:
$130.00 (04)Description
What did autobiography mean to Romantic readers and writers? How do autobiographical texts of the period reflect, express, and negotiate these conditions? Answering these questions and more, James Treadwell examines a wide variety of Romantic texts, with single chapters devoted to works by Coleridge, Byron, and Lamb. By preserving a continuous relation between the texts and their contexts, this book offers the first proper study of what is actually meant by "Romantic autobiography."Features
- A fully historicised account of autobiography in the Romantic period.
- Treadwell enables familiar, canonical Romantic texts by authors such as Coleridge, Byron, and Lamb to be read in a new and revealing context.
About the Author(s)
James Treadwell was formerly Assistant Professor of English at McGill University, Montreal.
