Imagination Under Pressure, 1789-1832: Aesthetics, Politics and Utility

by John Whale

Book Overview

This ambitious study, first published in 2000, offers a radical reassessment of one of the most important concepts of the Romantic period - the imagination. In contrast to traditional accounts, 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521022711
• ISBN13: 9780521022712
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"