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Romanticism, republicanism, and the Swiss myth
- Title
- Romanticism, republicanism, and the Swiss myth / Patrick Vincent, University of Neuchâtel.
- Author
- Vincent, Patrick H.
- Publication
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
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Details
- Description
- xi, 308 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "The first detailed treatment of Switzerland in British literature and culture from Joseph Addison to John Ruskin, this book analyzes the aesthetic and political uses of what is commonly called the 'Swiss myth' in the parallel development of Romanticism and liberalism. The myth merged the country's legends going back to the Middle Ages with the Enlightenment image of a happy, free nation of alpine shepherds. Its unique combination of conservative, progressive, and radical associations enabled writers before the French Revolution to call for democratic reforms, whereas those coming after could refigure it as a conservative alternative to French liberté. Integrating intellectual history with literary studies, and addressing a wide range of Romantic-period texts and authors, among them Byron, the Shelleys, Hemans, Scott, Coleridge, and, above all, Wordsworth, the book argues that the myth contributed to the liberal idea of the people as a sublime yet sleeping sovereign"--
- Series Statement
- Cambridge studies in Romanticism ; 138
- Uniform Title
- Cambridge studies in Romanticism ; 138.
- Subject
- 1700-1899
- English literature > 19th century > History and criticism
- English literature > 18th century > History and criticism
- Romanticism > Great Britain > History > 19th century
- Romanticism > Great Britain > History > 18th century
- Republicanism > Great Britain > History
- Liberalism > Great Britain > History
- Political culture > Switzerland
- National characteristics, Swiss
- English literature
- Liberalism
- Literature
- National characteristics, Swiss
- Political culture
- Public opinion, British
- Republicanism
- Romanticism
- Switzerland > In literature
- Switzerland > Foreign public opinion, British
- Great Britain
- Switzerland
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History
- Literary criticism
- Literary criticism.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 'Not / A pastoral fable': Republicanism, Liberalism, and the Swiss Myth -- Comparative Republicanisms: The Swiss Myth in Eighteenth-Century Britain -- Revising Republicanism: Revolutionary Period Travel Writing on Switzerland -- Switzerland No More: 1798 and the Romantic Imagination -- Switzerland in Miniature: Wordsworth's 'Visionary Mountain Republic' -- Restoration Republicanism: The Swiss Myth after 1815 -- Coda: John Ruskin's Switzerland.
- Call Number
- JFE 23-3640
- ISBN
- 9781009210294
- 1009210297
- 9781009210300
- 1009210300
- 9781009210263 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2022034119
- OCLC
- 1334721656
- Author
- Vincent, Patrick H., author.
- Title
- Romanticism, republicanism, and the Swiss myth / Patrick Vincent, University of Neuchâtel.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Cambridge studies in Romanticism ; 138Cambridge studies in Romanticism ; 138.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1700-1899
- Research Call Number
- JFE 23-3640