Romantic Medievalism: History And The Romantic Literary Ideal

Nineteenth century medievalism is usually associated with Scott's world of Ivanhoe , but Romantic Medievalism argues that Scott's is a conservative use of the past and that radical poets such as the young Coleridge, Keats and Shelley used the medieval to critique and change, rather than validate, the present.

• | By (Author): E. Fay
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• | Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• | Publication Date: Dec 17, 2001
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 233 pages
• | Language: Not available
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 0007233485
• | ISBN-13: 9780333970072