Romantic Satanism: Myth and the Historical Moment in Blake, Shelley and Byron

by Peter A Schock

Criticism has largely emphasised the private meaning of 'Romantic Satanism', treating it as the celebration of subjectivity through allusions to Paradise Lost that voice Satan's solitary defiance. The first full-length treatment of its subject, Romantic Satanism explores this literary phenomenon as a socially produced myth exhibiting the response of writers to their milieu. Through contextualized readings of the major works of Blake, Shelley, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349510858
• ISBN13: 9781349510856
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"