Biofictions : The Rewriting of Romantic Lives in Contemporary Fiction and Drama Hardback
Edited by Martin Middeke, Werner Huber
Part of the European Studies in North American Literature and Culture series
Hardback
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A pioneering collection of articles on fictionalized biographies of the Romantics in contemporary fiction and drama. It appears that the lives of the British Romantics and the myths surrounding them have a special appeal for contemporary writers.The present volume sets out to explore this renewed interest in Romantic artist-figures in the context of the current renaissance of 'life-writing'.
The essays collected here deal with Romantic 'biofictions' by such authors as Peter Ackroyd, Adrian Mitchell, Ann Jellicoe, Liz Lochhead, Judith Chernaik, Amanda Prantera, Robert Nye, Tom Stoppard, Howard Brenton, Edward Bond, and others.
Thomas Chatterton, William Blake, James Hogg, Sir Walter Scott, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Shelley, John Polidori, John Clare, and -- most prominently -- Lord Byron featureas the 'biographical subjects' in the works discussed.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:238 pages
- Publisher:Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Publication Date:01/06/1999
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- ISBN:9781571131232
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:238 pages
- Publisher:Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Publication Date:01/06/1999
- Category:
- ISBN:9781571131232
