The years between 1790 and 1830 saw over 150 million people brought under British Imperial control, and one of the most momentous outbursts of British literary and artistic production, announcing a new world of social and individual traumas and possibilities. This book traces the emergence of new forms of imperialism and capitalism as part of a culture of modernization in the period, and looks at the ways in which they were identified with, and contested in, Romanticism, through original readings of texts by Wordsworth, Blake, Byron, Shelley and Scott.
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"In this fascinating study, Makdisi...persuasively argues that romanticism emerges along with and in response to modernization and imperialism, that it marks a great historical crossroads between `one cultural moment and another'. Makdisi's brilliant reading of Blake's poem `London' connects neatly to his discussion of Wordsworth's reaction to that great center of empire and ties much of his work together. Highly recommended for upper-level undergraduate readers and above." Choice
"Romantic Imperialism takes an innovative and significant step in the ongoing scholarly project of connecting romanticism to its historical and cultural contexts." John Glendening, Albion
"The mode of reading Romantic works as embattled responses to the political, economic, and social manifestations of modernity...produces some ingenious results...The book at its most intriguing is more than another rote exercise in postcolonial critique." Linda Dowling, Studies in English Literature
"Romantic Imperialism takes an innovative and significant step in the ongoing scholarly project of connecting romanticism to its historical and cultural contexts." John Glendening, Albion
"The mode of reading Romantic works as embattled responses to the political, economic, and social manifestations of modernity...produces some ingenious results...The book at its most intriguing is more than another rote exercise in postcolonial critique." Linda Dowling, Studies in English Literature
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The years between 1790 and 1830 saw over 150 million people brought under British Imperial control, and one of the most momentous outbursts of British literary and artistic production, announcing a new world of social and individual traumas and possibilities. This book traces the emergence of new forms of imperialism and capitalism as part of a culture of modernisation in the period, and looks at the ways in which they were identified with, and contested in, Romanticism, through original readings of texts by Wordsworth, Blake, Byron, Shelley and Scott.
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A classic read. A great scholarly addition to imperialism. Relates Romanticism to modern imperialism and capitalism, extensive scholarly articles have touched upon the same fact. It was a "cultural revolution" during the Romantic period.
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An immensely useful book by a brilliant and independent writer. To understand Makdisi is to understand what is most importantly going on in today's cultural-political discourse.
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Saree Makdisi is indeed one of the most influential voices of 21st Century cultural-political discourse. His essay on the Universal Empire is a masterpiece.
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Prior to his arrival in London in Book VII of The Prelude, Wordsworth tries to conjure up mental images of the city's various neighborhoods and districts (Vauxhall, Ranelagh, Westminster), as well as of specific buildings and tourist sights (St. Paul's, the Guildhall, the Tower). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
same perpetual flow, imaginary terrain, obscure retreat, renovating virtue, imaginary map, heritable jurisdictions, modern imperialism, cultural otherness Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Childe Harold, Universal Empire, East India Company, Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom, Wordsworth's London, Blake's London, Great Britain, Edward Waverley, James Mill, Ali Pasha, Edmund Burke, Lake District, Warren Hastings, Corn Laws, Frantz Fanon, Johannes Fabian, Bartholomew Fair, Evan Dhu, Free-born Englishman, Prince Charles, Robert Gleckner, Alastor's East, British Parliament, Byron's Orient New!
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Prior to his arrival in London in Book VII of The Prelude, Wordsworth tries to conjure up mental images of the city's various neighborhoods and districts (Vauxhall, Ranelagh, Westminster), as well as of specific buildings and tourist sights (St. Paul's, the Guildhall, the Tower). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
same perpetual flow, imaginary terrain, obscure retreat, renovating virtue, imaginary map, heritable jurisdictions, modern imperialism, cultural otherness Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Childe Harold, Universal Empire, East India Company, Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom, Wordsworth's London, Blake's London, Great Britain, Edward Waverley, James Mill, Ali Pasha, Edmund Burke, Lake District, Warren Hastings, Corn Laws, Frantz Fanon, Johannes Fabian, Bartholomew Fair, Evan Dhu, Free-born Englishman, Prince Charles, Robert Gleckner, Alastor's East, British Parliament, Byron's Orient New!
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- History of British India (Classics of British Historical Literature) by James Mill on 10 pages
- Time and the Other: How Anthropology Makes Its Object by Johannes Fabian on 9 pages
- Romanticism and Language by Arden Reed on 4 pages
- The Production of Space by Henri Lefebvre on 4 pages
- Strangers Within the Realm: Cultural Margins of the First British Empire by Bernard Bailyn on 4 pages
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- The Orient on the Victorian Stage by Edward Ziter in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Scotland and the Borders of Romanticism by Leith Davis on page 110, and page 149
- Foreign Affections: Essays on Edmund Burke (Critical Conditions: Field Day Essays and Monographs) by Seamus Deane in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Fair Exotics: Xenophobic Subjects in English Literature, 1720-1850 (New Cultural Studies) by Rajani Sudan in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Cambridge Companion to Byron (Cambridge Companions to Literature) by Drummond Bone on page 97, and Back Matter
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