Romantic Metropolis The Urban Scene of British Culture, 1780}}}1840 [Hardcover]

Some of the most exciting critics of Romanticism do long-overdue justice to the place of the city in this 2005 text.This collection of new essays challenges the traditional conception that British Romanticism was rooted in nature and rural life, by showing that much of what was new about Romanticism was born in the city. Rapid developments in urban population, industry, communication, trade, and technology set the stage and the tone for many of the great achievements in literature and culture. In this volume, some of the most exciting critics of Romanticism do long-overdue justice to the place of the city--both as topic and as location--in British Romanticism.This collection of new essays challenges the traditional conception that British Romanticism was rooted in nature and rural life, by showing that much of what was new about Romanticism was born in the city. Rapid developments in urban population, industry, communication, trade, and technology set the stage and the tone for many of the great achievements in literature and culture. In this volume, some of the most exciting critics of Romanticism do long-overdue justice to the place of the city--both as topic and as location--in British Romanticism.Exploring diverse cultural productions from poems and paintings, to exhibition sites, panoramas, and political organizations, some of the most exciting critics of Romanticism do long-overdue justice to the role of the city in British Romanticism. Their essays challenge the traditional conception that Romanticism was rooted in nature and rural life, by demonstrating that much of its uniqueness originated within the city. Examining the Romantic period from the urban perspective, they reveal how rapid developments in population, industry, communication, trade, and technology set the stage and the tone for many great literary and cultural achievements.Introduction: engaging the eidometropolis James Chandler and Kevin Gilmartin; Part I. Metropolis, Nation, and Empire: 1. Edló$