Romantic Epics and the Mission of Empire

by Matthew Leporati

The British Romantic period saw an unprecedented explosion in epic poems, an understudied literary phenomenon that enabled writers to address unique historical tensions of the era. Long associated with empire, epic revived at a time when Britain was expanding its imperial reach, and when the concept of imperialism itself began to evolve into the notion of a benevolent project of spreading British culture and religion across the globe. Matthew Leporati...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009285181
• ISBN13: 9781009285186
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"