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Romantic Returns explores the theorization and operation of "imagination" in pre-romantic and romantic writing. Drawing on the poetry and prose of William Collins, William Hazlitt, and Percy Bysshe Shelley, it shows the continuing importance of their understanding of imagination for contemporary debates about the historicity of literature.

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“...Deborah White superbly exemplifies the intellectual integrity that is required to confront the unresolved questions of literary theory.”—Studies in Romanticism

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Introduction; 1. Superstitions of Enlightenment: British subjects and 'The Subject of Poetry' in the Odes of William Collins; 2. A defense of disinterest: William Hazlitt on imagination and the national interest; 3. Shelley and the poetics of reference; 4. Shelley and the proof of history: Canto I of The Revolt of Islam; Appendix; Notes; Index.

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      Publisher: Stanford University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/11/2000
      ISBN13: 9780804734943, 978-0804734943
      ISBN10: 0804734941

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Romantic Returns explores the theorization and operation of "imagination" in pre-romantic and romantic writing. Drawing on the poetry and prose of William Collins, William Hazlitt, and Percy Bysshe Shelley, it shows the continuing importance of their understanding of imagination for contemporary debates about the historicity of literature.

      Trade Review
      “...Deborah White superbly exemplifies the intellectual integrity that is required to confront the unresolved questions of literary theory.”—Studies in Romanticism

      Table of Contents
      Introduction; 1. Superstitions of Enlightenment: British subjects and 'The Subject of Poetry' in the Odes of William Collins; 2. A defense of disinterest: William Hazlitt on imagination and the national interest; 3. Shelley and the poetics of reference; 4. Shelley and the proof of history: Canto I of The Revolt of Islam; Appendix; Notes; Index.

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