Reading Romantics: Texts and Contexts

By Peter J. Manning

Book Overview

This book is a collection of thirteen essays, some previously unpublished, on Byron and Wordsworth. Drawing on psychoanalysis, textual criticism, and historical scholarship, Manning explores the territory jointly mapped by the works that compel our attention and the theories by which we explain our engagement. Juxtaposing Byron and Wordsworth, Manning examines the situation of literature in the Romantic period and the interaction between the idea of originality the Romantics fostered and the means of production through which they expressed themselves.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195057872
• ISBN13: 9780195057874
• Release Date: July 1990
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.8" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

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Professor Manning taught me in a couple of classes at USC in the late 70s, and he, along with Prof. Casson, were amazing. I haven't bought the book yet, but will. To this day I remember, and read, Byron, and it was Prof. Manning's ability to make Byron, Don Juan, Childe Harold, so fun. I teach now, and only wish I could make an impression on students comparable to the impression Prof. Manning had on me.

Peter Manning is a scholar without parallel!

Professor Peter Manning has allowed me to appreciate and understand romantic literature to an extent which I would have never thought possible. Professor Manning's passion for the subject shines through every sentance in this scholarly masterpiece. Dr. Manning's years of study and reflection in the Lake District of England, a source of inspiration (and often an adress) for many of the masters in his study no doubt contributed to his abilty to achieve a higher level of understanding of the beautiful poetry to which he has devoted his professional life. Dr. Manning represents all that is good about scholarship and intellectual pursuit in this country.

My Dad is Great!

Peter Manning is a deeply insightful human being and a great father. His cutting analysis and exploration of the works and lives of the Romantic Poets is must reading for anyone who considers him or herself to have even the smallest of romantic leanings.