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Masking and Unmasking the Gendered Self in English Annuals of the 1820s
No full textMany studies have investigated the strong link between materialist consumption and artistic
production during the early nineteenth century, since consumerist literature was not simply
figured as the exchange of money for luxury goods, but it also illustrated the psychological
dynamics of expressiveness and gender definition. After the flourishing of reviews and
magazines, a new kind of fashionable publication emerged around the 1820s: the annuals. In this
article I will investigate women poets’ contributions to the annuals focusing my attention on how
they disguised or revealed their own self through interplay of masquerade while describing other
women’s lives. Since each writer expressed different viewpoints on femininity and the role of
women in society, alternating condescending and traditional opinions with more radical and less
conservative remarks, I will trace a map of these various approaches to gender and social issues,
discussing the strategies women writers employed to convey their aesthetic and political
messages
Doctors and Medical Practices in Ann Radcliffe’s "The Romance of the Forest"
Full text linkMedical practice and the Gothic imagination within the context of medicine and literature in the late eighteenth century present fruitful intersections that have only recently been investigated, since they both transgress and test the limits of human knowledge. As a major representative of Gothic fiction, Ann Radcliffe frequently includes surgeons and physicians in her romances, who experiment with several methods of alleviating and curing mental as well as bodily diseases. Even though their marginal role in Radcliffe’s works is often overlooked by critical studies, this article offers a new and original enquiry on the dynamics of injuries, the methods of cure and the relationship between patients and doctors that Radcliffe employs in The Romance of the Forest (1791) in order to challenge traditional interpretations of Gothic medical issues as well as gender roles
Schiavitù e abolizionismo nei romanzi di Jane Austen
No full textL'articolo rintraccia le radici storiche della pratica della schiavitù, molto antica e effettuata da millenni, insieme al commercio, più recente, degli schiavi messo in atto da parte dei colonialisti europei verso le Americhe e in particolare dagli inglesi. Tale indagine è senz’altro utile per comprendere meglio l’origine del dissidio sociale che ancora oggi scuote gli Stati Uniti e tutto il mondo. I conflitti di potere, di razza, di supremazia economica che si verificarono tra l’Inghilterra e le colonie subirono una svolta importante proprio nell’epoca in cui visse e scrisse Jane Austen. Questa scrittrice apparentemente dedica alla descrizione di trame amorose nella campagna inglese in realtà esprime un forte dissenso circa la pratica della tratta degli schiavi in uno dei suo romanzi più importanti e controversi: Mansfield Park
La Questione Romantica
No full text“La Questione Romantica”, rivista interdisciplinare fondata nel 1995 e pubblicata dall’editore Liguori di Napoli, ospita contributi scientifici in lingua inglese, italiana e francese, di studiosi di fama nazionale e internazionale. La rivista analizza il processo di formazione e sviluppo della cultura romantica attraverso le questioni di fondo che emergono alla fine del XVIII secolo, caratterizzando la storia del mondo moderno, partendo dall’impatto della Rivoluzione Industriale in Inghilterra, delle Rivoluzioni in America e in Francia, della crisi dell’aristocrazia e la nascita di coscienze nazionali in Italia, Germania e Grecia. Oltre ai diversi contributi provenienti da esperti internazionali, la rivista ha accolto sin dalla sua fondazione saggi scientifici di numerosi studiosi afferenti al Dipartimento di Lingue, Letterature e Culture Moderne dell’Università di Bologna e del Centro Interuniversitario per lo Studio del Romanticismo (CISR). Il comitato di redazione della rivista è composto da qualificati esperti italiani e di fama internazionale. “La Questione Romantica”, peer-reviewed, è valutata dall’ANVUR come rivista di classe A. Il comitato di referee è da sempre composto da esperti nazionali e internazionali di chiara fama, garantendo alla rivista articoli di alto profilo scientifico. La presenza di un editorial board internazionale, la pubblicazione di articoli in diverse lingue, e il profilo interdisciplinare e comparatistico che da sempre connota “La Questione Romantica”, garantiscono una diffusione internazionale della rivista. La rivista è presente nei cataloghi di numerose istituzioni italiane e straniere, tra cui la Library of Congress (Washington), British Library (London), University of Cambridge Library, University of Oxford Library, University of Glasgow Library, Bibliothèque de la Sorbonne (Paris), Biblioteca Nazionale di Roma, Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze, Biblioteca Nazionale di Napoli
Frances Burney (1752–1840)
No full textIn all her writings, Frances Burney consistently questions issues of genre, gender, race, authority, and power relations, notably influencing later female authors, such as Maria Edgeworth (1768–1849) and Jane Austen (1775–1817), and contributing to the literary and critical history of her time. Together, Burney’s journals, letters, and diaries shine new light on the history of women’s dramatic criticism, enriching the multifaceted story of theatre during the Romantic period
John Polidori’s Gothic Novel: "Ernestus Berchtold" and the Daring Narrative of Incest
Full text linkPolidori’s almost “lost romantic” novel Ernestus Berchtold, or the Modern Oedipus (1819) is an inter-textual narration that draws quite openly from the contemporary gothic literature of the time. Moreover, due to its exceptional genesis, it may be contextualised as a response to what Polidori was experiencing in his life, namely his journey with Byron to the Continent and, in particular, the summer spent at the Lake near Geneva with the Shelleys. The novel is precisely the result of the ghost-story competition and is to be read in relation to and in dialogue with the more successful literary works published by his fellow writers, primarily Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Byron’s Manfred. Even though Polidori as a novelist did not acquire the same success and critical attention of his contemporaries, his ‘lost’ novel Ernestus Berchtold is an interesting gothic story worthy of examination for its dense inter-textual connotations
Remediating the Novel of Real Life: Maria Edgeworth and Jane Austen
No full textMaria Edgeworth and Jane Austen belonged to the same generation of women novelists, and both were well acquainted with the literary world of their time. Especially focused on novel writing, they created, in similar and dissimilar ways, new forms of the popular genre of the realistic novel of domestic life, the so-called ‘novel of manners’, that their predecessors had experimented before them and their generation took inspiration from and imitated with success. This essay analyses Edgeworth’s use of this genre in her novel "Belinda" (1801) as a complex story from real life and its interlink with Jane Austen’s novels of manners with special attention to "Pride and Prejudice" (1813). Specifically, this essay investigates how both writers, Edgeworth and Austen, intertwined and imitated the complex social, moral and political scene of their time, and how gender roles and religion beliefs were made pivotal issues in both their works of fiction
Politics, Literature, and Leigh Hunt’s Editorial Spirit in "The Liberal"
Full text linkThis essay is the first to investigates the crucial role that Leigh Hunt played in the establishment and publication of The Liberal: the controversial and short-lived literary journal that lasted for four issues between 1822 and 1823. Before embarking on his travel throughout Italy, Hunt had become extremely competent in navigating the editorial market, thanks to his successful editorship of The Examiner, The Reflector and The Indicator – some of the most famous periodicals of the time. After providing an overview of Hunt’s long-lasting editorial career – with specific reference to each of the periodicals that he edited and to which he contributed – I am discussing the pivotal and not yet investigated role as editor of The Liberal. Due to the exceptional genius at the origin of such an editorial project, it is particularly interesting to re-descover Leigh Hunt’s individual contributions to and responsibility for its brief success – as well as its cessation, together with the important political and ethical roles of literature are foregrounded in all of Hunt’s periodicals
Romantic Studies. Theories and Practices
No full textThis series is mainly focused on English literature produced in Europe between the 1750s and the 1830s. It aims to explore the key concepts regarding Romantic texts and aesthetics, such as the relationship between the writer with the natural world; context and history; sensibility and sublime; gender roles; language and the power of the imagination; studies of genre; slavery and abolition; migration literature, consumer literature; social transformation; critical reception; and transnational relations.
The series welcomes studies on major as well as less well-known authors and literary genres of the period. Within this framework, volumes included in this series will not only expand the canon beyond traditional authors and genres, but also provide opportunities for exploring traditional works from new perspectives, including gender, cultural and translation studies. The series includes monographs, collection of essays, conference proceedings, edited editions and translations, and aims to address an international community.
This series welcomes studies on major as well as less well-known authors and literary genres of English literature produced in Europe between the 1750s and 1830s. In this perspective, the series aims not only to expand the canon beyond traditional authors and genres, but also to provide opportunities for exploring traditional works from new perspectives, including gender, cultural and translation studies: confirming Romanticism as an important site of conflicting practices and achievements
Il teatro come messa in scena della diversità nella Repubblica delle Province Unite e in Inghilterra tra Sei e Settecento
No full textDopo una breve introduzione alle realtà politico-sociali della Repubblica delle Province Unite e dell'Inghilterra tra Sei e Settecento, il contributo analizza due case-study scelti in un ricco panorama di esempi drammatici che mettono al centro la schiavitù e la rappresentazione scenica di schiavi. Nel contesto olandese, "Moortje" e "Spaanschen Brabander" di G.A. Bredero offrono la possibilità di indagare gli archivi culturali olandesi e la messa in scena africanista di personaggi di africani europei sulle scene teatrali di inizio Seicento, quando il discorso sul commercio degli schiavi non si era ancora stabilizzato
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