Thomas Moore and Romantic Inspiration: Poetry, Music, and Politics

Book Overview

Written by internationally established scholars of Thomas Moore's music, poetry, and prose writing, Thomas Moore and Romantic Inspiration is a collection of twelve essays and a timely response to significant new biographical, historiographical and editorial work on Moore. This collection reflects the rich variety of cutting-edge work being done on this significant and prolific figure. Sarah McCleave and Brian Caraher have contributed an introduction that positions Moore in his own time (1800-1850), addresses subsequent neglect in the twentieth century, and contextualises the contemporary re-evaluation of Thomas Moore as a figure of considerable interdisciplinary artistic and cultural significance. The contributions to this collection establish Moore's importance in the fields of Neoclassical and Romantic lyricism, musical performance, song-writing, postcolonial criticism, Orientalism and biographical writing-- as well as defining the significance of his voice as an engaged social and political commentator of a strongly cosmopolitan and pluralistic inclination.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367667614
• ISBN13: 9780367667610
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"