{"product_id":"romantic-genius-the-prehistory-of-a-homosexual-role-paper-9780231107532","title":"Romantic Genius  The Prehistory of a Homosexual","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElfenbein takes on the absorbing subject of homosexuality in British Romantic writing, showing the centrality of disreputable desires to the works of Romantic male authors--from William Beckford to Samuel Taylor Coleridge to William Blake-as well as to the writings of lesser-known but equally significant female authors of the period.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Romantic Genius, Andrew Elfenbein combines traditional Romantic author studies with the interpretive flexibility of queer theory. The result is a provocative study that will introduce some readers to lesser-known Romantic writers and texts, and demand that others see familiar figures in a new light. -- Lisa Moore Albion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Danger Zone: Effeminates, Geniuses, and Homosexuals 2. William Beckford and the Genius of Consumption 3. The Domestication of Genius: Cowper and the Rise of the Suburban Man 4. Anne Damers Sapphic Potential 5. Lesbianism and Romantic Genius: The Poetry of Anne Bannerman 6. Genius and the Blakean Ridiculous 7. A Sight to Dream of, Not to Tell: Christabel, Pornography, and Genius","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400196038999,"sku":"9780231107532","price":23.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/romantic-genius-the-prehistory-of-a-homosexual-role-paper-9780231107532","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}