Awards

• Winner of Winner of the ESSE Book Award for Literatures in the English Language.

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Author:   David Duff (Professor of English, University of Aberdeen)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.30cm
Weight:   0.398kg
ISBN:  

9780199683321

ISBN 10:   0199683328
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   10 October 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface List of Illustrations Introduction 1: The Old Imperial Code 2: Romantic Genre Theory 3: (Anti)-Didacticism 4: Archaism and Innovation 5: The Combinatorial Method Conclusion Bibliography Index

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judicious and impressive book. Duff lays bare the various tangles in which Romanticism meets genre. It is well worth dallying in these engaging knots, for they expose the strength as well as the novelty of Romantic literature. Karen Weisman, SiR

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David Duff studied in York and taught in Poland at the Nicholas Copernicus University of Torun and the University of Gdansk before moving to Scotland. He has published widely on Romantic poetics and book history. His previous publications include Romance and Revolution: Shelley and the Politics of a Genre (1994), an anthology of Modern Genre Theory (2000), and a co-edited collection, Scotland, Ireland, and the Romantic Aesthetic (2007). He is currently editing The Oxford Handbook of British Romanticism and The Oxford Anthology of Romanticism, a major new teaching anthology.

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