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An Oxford Companion to The Romantic Age

British Culture 1776-1832

General Editor Iain McCalman
Associate Editors: Jon Mee, Gillian Russell, Clara Tuite, Assistant Editors: Kate Fullagar, and Patsy Hardy

An Oxford Companion to The Romantic Age

British Culture 1776-1832

General Editor Iain McCalman
Associate Editors: Jon Mee, Gillian Russell, Clara Tuite, Assistant Editors: Kate Fullagar, and Patsy Hardy

Description

For the first time, this innovative reference book surveys the Romantic Age through all aspects of British culture, rather than in literary or artistic terms alone. This multi-disciplinary approach treats Romanticism both in aesthetic terms--its meaning for painting, music, design, architecture, and literature--and as a historical epoch of "revolutionary" transformations which ushered in modern democratic and industrialized society.

An Oxford Companion to The Romantic Age

British Culture 1776-1832

General Editor Iain McCalman
Associate Editors: Jon Mee, Gillian Russell, Clara Tuite, Assistant Editors: Kate Fullagar, and Patsy Hardy

Introduction: A Romantic Age Companion, Iain McCalman (ANU, Canberra)
PART I: MAJOR ESSAYS
I. Transforming Polity and Nation
Revolution, Mark Philp (Oxford)
War, J. E. Cookson (Canterbury, NZ)
Democracy, H. T. Dickinson (Edinburgh)
Women, Barbara Caine (Monash)
Empire, John Gascoigne (New South Wales)
Slavery, James Walvin (York)
Policing, David Philips (Melbourne)
Law, David Lemmings (Newcastle, NSW)
Utopianism, Gregory Claeys (London)
II. Reordering Social and Private Worlds
Religion, R. K. Webb (Maryland)
Sensibility, G. J. Barker-Benfield (State University of N.York)
Poverty, Sarah Lloyd (ANU, Canberra)
Domesticity, Clara Tuite (Melbourne)
Industrialization, John Stevenson (Oxford)
Class, Eileen Yeo (Sussex)
Land, Anne Janowitz (Rutgers, New Jersey)
Education, Ian Britain (Melbourne)
Medicine, Roy Porter (Wellcome Institute, London)
III. Culture, Consumption, and the Arts
Consumerism, Roy Porter (Wellcome Institute, London)
Viewing, Suzanne Matheson (Windsor, Ontario)
Publishing, John Brewer (European University Institute, Florence) and Iain McCalman
Prints, David Bindman (London)
Popular Culture, Iain McCalman and Maureen Perkins (ANU & Univ. of Western Australia)
Theatre, Gillian Russell (ANU, Canberra)
Design, Celina Fox (freelance, London)
Music, Cyril Ehrlich and Simon McVeigh (Queen's Univ., Belfast, & London)
Painting, Mark Hallett (York)
Architecture, Daniel Abramson (Connecticut College)
Poetry, Jerome J. McGann (Virginia)
Prose, Jon Klancher (Boston)
Novels, Fiona Robertson (Durham)
IV. Emerging Knowledges
Enlightenment, Martin Fitzpatrick (Univ. of Wales, Aberystwyth)
Political Economy, Donald Winch (Sussex)
Natural Philosophy (Science), Richard Yeo (Griffith University, Queensland)
Antiquarianism (Popular), Marilyn Butler (Oxford)
Mythology, Nigel Leask (Cambridge)
Exploration, Nicholas Thomas (ANU, Canberra)
History, James Chandler (Chicago)
Psychology, Robert Brown (ANU, Canberra)
Language, Jon Mee (Oxford)
Literary Theory, Peter Otto (Melbourne)
Index to Part I
PART II: ALPHABETICALLY-ORDERED SHORTER ENTRIES

An Oxford Companion to The Romantic Age

British Culture 1776-1832

General Editor Iain McCalman
Associate Editors: Jon Mee, Gillian Russell, Clara Tuite, Assistant Editors: Kate Fullagar, and Patsy Hardy

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Contributors:

Iain McCalman (ANU, Canberra)
Mark Philp (Oxford)
J. E. Cookson (Canterbury, NZ)
H. T. Dickinson (Edinburgh)
Barbara Caine (Monash)
John Gascoigne (New South Wales)
James Walvin (York)
David Philips (Melbourne)
David Lemmings (Newcastle, NSW)
Gregory Claeys (London)
R. K. Webb (Maryland)
G. J. Barker-Benfield (State University of N.York)
Sarah Lloyd (ANU, Canberra)
Clara Tuite (Melbourne)
John Stevenson (Oxford)
Eileen Yeo (Sussex)
Anne Janowitz (Rutgers, New Jersey)
Ian Britain (Melbourne)
Roy Porter (Wellcome Institute, London)
Roy Porter (Wellcome Institute, London)
Suzanne Matheson (Windsor, Ontario)
John Brewer (European University Institute, Florence) and Iain McCalman
David Bindman (London)
Iain McCalman and Maureen Perkins (ANU & Univ. of Western Australia)
Gillian Russell (ANU, Canberra)
Celina Fox (freelance, London)
Cyril Ehrlich and Simon McVeigh (Queen's Univ., Belfast, & London)
Mark Hallett (York)
Daniel Abramson (Connecticut College)
Jerome J. McGann (Virginia and London)
Jon Klancher (Boston)
Fiona Robertson (Durham)
Martin Fitzpatrick (Univ. of Wales, Aberystwyth)
Donald Winch (Sussex)
Richard Yeo (Griffith University, Queensland)
Marilyn Butler (Oxford)
Nigel Leask (Cambridge)
Nicholas Thomas (ANU, Canberra)
James Chandler (Chicago)
Robert Brown (ANU, Canberra)
Jon Mee (Oxford)
Peter Otto (Melbourne)

An Oxford Companion to The Romantic Age

British Culture 1776-1832

General Editor Iain McCalman
Associate Editors: Jon Mee, Gillian Russell, Clara Tuite, Assistant Editors: Kate Fullagar, and Patsy Hardy

Reviews and Awards

"Richly varied....well-written....Oxford's comprehensiveness renders it superior. For all collections with an academic constituency."--Choice

"Assembles an international team of experts, from fields as diverse as political history, popular culture, literature, religion, and medicine in order to create a broad reference work on the Romantic age in Britain....The essays themselves are of high quality and reflect the latest scholarship....Of particular interest are references to the people and institutions that make up the "radical" religious and political movements of the era....A valuable reference tool."--Library Journal

"I am confident that An Oxford Companion to the Romantic Age will quickly establish itself as the premier reference source of its kind in the field.... The strategic use of over 100 illustrations throughout this generally handsome volume makes it a pleasure to simply browse through.... [An] unprecedented wealth of scholarly expertise on the Romantic period."--Alex Benchimol, Romantic Circles Review

"This is not only an invaluable source of information on a dazzling range of topics, but also a volume bristling with ideas--and ideals. There is an explicitly radical, polemical edge to many of the contributions, and if these essays and entries provoke the active engagement of the reader rather than merely delivering knowledge with an air of unchallengeable authority, they are more than upholding the spirit of the age that is under debate."--Review of English Studies

"It is a monument not only to the age but to the division of intellectual labor, which humbles any reviewer who would attempt adequately to engage the work of its array of forty-two specialist contributors."--Studies in English Literature 1500-1900

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British Culture 1776-1832

General Editor Iain McCalman Associate Editors: Jon Mee, Gillian Russell, Clara Tuite, Assistant Editors: Kate Fullagar, and Patsy Hardy

An Oxford Companion to The Romantic Age

British Culture 1776-1832

General Editor Iain McCalman Associate Editors: Jon Mee, Gillian Russell, Clara Tuite, Assistant Editors: Kate Fullagar, and Patsy Hardy

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An Oxford Companion to The Romantic Age

British Culture 1776-1832

General Editor Iain McCalman Associate Editors: Jon Mee, Gillian Russell, Clara Tuite, Assistant Editors: Kate Fullagar, and Patsy Hardy

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An Oxford Companion to The Romantic Age

British Culture 1776-1832

General Editor Iain McCalman Associate Editors: Jon Mee, Gillian Russell, Clara Tuite, Assistant Editors: Kate Fullagar, and Patsy Hardy

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An Oxford Companion to The Romantic Age

British Culture 1776-1832

General Editor Iain McCalman Associate Editors: Jon Mee, Gillian Russell, Clara Tuite, Assistant Editors: Kate Fullagar, and Patsy Hardy

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Associate Editors: Jon Mee, Gillian Russell, Clara Tuite, Assistant Editors: Kate Fullagar, and Patsy Hardy

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Associate Editors: Jon Mee, Gillian Russell, Clara Tuite, Assistant Editors: Kate Fullagar, and Patsy Hardy

General Editor Iain McCalman
Associate Editors: Jon Mee, Gillian Russell, Clara Tuite, Assistant Editors: Kate Fullagar, and Patsy Hardy

General Editor Iain McCalman
Associate Editors: Jon Mee, Gillian Russell, Clara Tuite, Assistant Editors: Kate Fullagar, and Patsy Hardy