Romanticism on the Road challenges critical orthodoxy by arguing that Wordsworth rejected the political dogmas of his age. Refusing to ally with either radicals or conservatives after the French Revolution, the poet seizes on vagrants to attack the binary thinking dominating public affairs and to question the value of the Georgian domestic ideal. Drawing on current and historical discussions of homelessness, the study offers a cultural history of vagrancy and explains why Wordsworth chose the homeless to bear his message.
| ISBN: | 9780333718872 |
| Publication date: | 2nd March 2000 |
| Author: | Toby R Benis |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 277 pages |
| Series: | Romanticism in Perspective |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: poetry and poets History of ideas Social work Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 |
Romanticism on the Road challenges critical orthodoxy by arguing that Wordsworth rejected the political dogmas of his age. Refusing to ally with either radicals or conservatives after the French Revolution, the poet seizes on vagrants to attack the binary thinking dominating public affairs and to question the value of the Georgian domestic ideal.
Romanticism on the Road features in the following genres: Literary studies: poetry and poets, History of ideas, Social work, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900
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Romanticism on the Road was written by Toby R Benis and published by Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK
Romanticism on the Road has 277 pages
Yes it is part of Romanticism in Perspective series