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Romanticism, sincerity, and authenticity [electronic resource] /

by Milnes, Tim; Sinanan, Kerry; ProQuest (Firm).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010Description: x, 268 p.ISBN: ; .Subject(s): English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism | English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism | Romanticism -- Great Britain | Sincerity in literature | Authenticity (Philosophy) in literature | Electronic booksOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction--K.Sinanan &--T.Milnes -- PART I: FORGING AUTHENTICITY -- Genuity or Ingenuity? Invented Tradition and the Scottish Talent--M.Russett -- 'A Blank Made': Ossian, Authenticity, and the Possibilities of Forgery--D.Moore -- The Truth about Boys and Dogs: Thomas Chatterton Plays the Antiquary--D.Cook -- PART II: ACTS OF SINCERITY -- The Scandal of Sincerity: Wordsworth, Byron, Landon--A.Esterhammer -- The Problem of Sincerity in Abolitionism: Hannah More and John Newton--K.Sinanan -- Sincerity, Authenticity, and the Unthought--T.Milnes -- Sincerity's Reputation--J.Wright -- PART III: THE CHALLENGE OF PRINT -- Acts of Insincerity? Thomas Spence and Radical Print Culture in the 1790s--J.Halliwell -- By Its Own Hands: Periodicals and the Paradox of Romantic Authenticity--S.Lodge -- PART IV: THE CASE OF AUSTEN -- The Anxiety of Authenticity in Jane Austen's Romantic Realism--A.Tauchert -- Silence is Golden: Sincerity and the Standard in Austen--A.J.Dick -- Afterword--N.Groom -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: "The categories of authenticity and sincerity have been treated with scepticism since at least the early twentieth century, but they remain indispensable for the study of Romantic literature and culture. This book, focusing on authors including Byron, Coleridge and Austen, aims to relocate the terms within the context of current critical debates"-- Provided by publisher.
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Machine generated contents note: -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction--K.Sinanan &--T.Milnes -- PART I: FORGING AUTHENTICITY -- Genuity or Ingenuity? Invented Tradition and the Scottish Talent--M.Russett -- 'A Blank Made': Ossian, Authenticity, and the Possibilities of Forgery--D.Moore -- The Truth about Boys and Dogs: Thomas Chatterton Plays the Antiquary--D.Cook -- PART II: ACTS OF SINCERITY -- The Scandal of Sincerity: Wordsworth, Byron, Landon--A.Esterhammer -- The Problem of Sincerity in Abolitionism: Hannah More and John Newton--K.Sinanan -- Sincerity, Authenticity, and the Unthought--T.Milnes -- Sincerity's Reputation--J.Wright -- PART III: THE CHALLENGE OF PRINT -- Acts of Insincerity? Thomas Spence and Radical Print Culture in the 1790s--J.Halliwell -- By Its Own Hands: Periodicals and the Paradox of Romantic Authenticity--S.Lodge -- PART IV: THE CASE OF AUSTEN -- The Anxiety of Authenticity in Jane Austen's Romantic Realism--A.Tauchert -- Silence is Golden: Sincerity and the Standard in Austen--A.J.Dick -- Afterword--N.Groom -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

"The categories of authenticity and sincerity have been treated with scepticism since at least the early twentieth century, but they remain indispensable for the study of Romantic literature and culture. This book, focusing on authors including Byron, Coleridge and Austen, aims to relocate the terms within the context of current critical debates"-- Provided by publisher.

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