Romanticism and the Painful Pleasures of Modern Life

by Andrea Henderson

Book Overview

In their pursuit of emotional extremes, writers of the Romantic period were fascinated by experiences of pain and misery, and explored the ability to derive pleasure, and produce creative energy, out of masochism and submission. These interests were closely connected to the failure of the industrial and democratic revolutions to fulfil their promise of increased economic and political power for everyone. Writers as different as Frances Burney, William...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521175445
• ISBN13: 9780521175449
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"