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Revision And Romantic Authorship

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The Romantic author is often portrayed as spontaneous, extemporizing, otherworldly, and alone. Zachary Leader argues that this influential fiction is much in need of revision. Romantic attitudes to authorship profess a preference for what comes naturally, with a concomitant devaluing of
secondary processes, including second thoughts, yet many Romantic writers such as Wordsworth, Byron, Keats, Coleridge, Clare, and Mary Shelley revised their works. Revision and Romantic Authorship looks at the revisionary practices of these writers, showing that second thoughts in fact play a crucial role in Romantic composition.

Language: English

Pages: 354

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Release: May 23, 1996

ISBN: 0198122640

ISBN 13: 9780198122647

Revision And Romantic Authorship

4/5 ( ratings)

The Romantic author is often portrayed as spontaneous, extemporizing, otherworldly, and alone. Zachary Leader argues that this influential fiction is much in need of revision. Romantic attitudes to authorship profess a preference for what comes naturally, with a concomitant devaluing of
secondary processes, including second thoughts, yet many Romantic writers such as Wordsworth, Byron, Keats, Coleridge, Clare, and Mary Shelley revised their works. Revision and Romantic Authorship looks at the revisionary practices of these writers, showing that second thoughts in fact play a crucial role in Romantic composition.

Language: English

Pages: 354

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Release: May 23, 1996

ISBN: 0198122640

ISBN 13: 9780198122647

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