Romantic Enchantment: Fantasy, Theology and Affect

by Gavin Hopps, Mark Knight, Emma Mason

Despite the burgeoning popularity of fantasy fiction and the increasing recognition of its spiritual significance and subversive effects, criticism of Romantic literature has often dismissed elements of the fantastic in the work of such canonical writers as Byron and Keats as matters of escapism, false-consciousness or wish-fulfilment. In Romantic Enchantment, Gavin Hopps challenges this view and offers an alternative 'post-nihilistic' reading...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472532325
• ISBN13: 9781472532329
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 192 Pages