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An Oxford companion to the romantic age : British culture, 1776-1832 / edited by Iain McCalman ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): McCalman, Iain.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001Description: 780p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0199245436(pbk.) :; 9780199245437.Other title: Romantic age.Subject(s): Romanticism -- Great Britain | Society | Society & culture: general | Literary studies: general | European history | Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 | Reference works | History | History of ideas | United Kingdom, Great Britain | 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799 | 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899 | Great Britain -- Civilization -- 18th century | Great Britain -- Civilization -- 19th century | Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 18th century | Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th centuryDDC classification: 306.0941 MCC Summary: This reference work provides a broad cultural and historical perspective which presents the aesthetic achievements of great literary figures, their followers and opponents with their counterparts in the field of art, music, design and science.
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For the first time, this innovative reference book surveys the Romantic Age through all aspects of British culture, rather than in literary or artistic terms alone. This multi-disciplinary approach treats Romanticism both in aesthetic terms--its meaning for painting, music, design, architecture, and literature--and as a historical epoch of "revolutionary" transformations which ushered in modern democratic and industrialized society.

Includes index.

Originally published: 1999.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This reference work provides a broad cultural and historical perspective which presents the aesthetic achievements of great literary figures, their followers and opponents with their counterparts in the field of art, music, design and science.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Notes to Readers (p. ix)
  • Essay Contributors (p. xi)
  • Entry Contributors (p. xii)
  • Introduction: A Romantic Age Companion (p. 1)
  • Part 1
  • I. Transforming Polity and Nation (p. 15)
  • 1. Revolution (p. 17)
  • 2. War (p. 26)
  • 3. Democracy (p. 34)
  • 4. Women (p. 42)
  • 5. Empire (p. 51)
  • 6. Slavery (p. 58)
  • 7. Policing (p. 66)
  • 8. Law (p. 73)
  • 9. Utopianism (p. 82)
  • II. Reordering Social and Private Worlds (p. 91)
  • 10. Religion (p. 93)
  • 11. Sensibility (p. 102)
  • 12. Poverty (p. 114)
  • 13. Domesticity (p. 125)
  • 14. Industrialization (p. 133)
  • 15. Class (p. 142)
  • 16. Land (p. 152)
  • 17. Education (p. 161)
  • 18. Medicine (p. 170)
  • III. Culture, Consumption, and the Arts (p. 179)
  • 19. Consumerism (p. 181)
  • 20. Viewing (p. 187)
  • 21. Publishing (p. 197)
  • 22. Prints (p. 207)
  • 23. Popular Culture (p. 214)
  • 24. Theatre (p. 223)
  • 25. Design (p. 232)
  • 26. Music (p. 242)
  • 27. Painting (p. 250)
  • 28. Architecture (p. 260)
  • 29. Poetry (p. 270)
  • 30. Prose (p. 279)
  • 31. Novels (p. 286)
  • IV. Emerging Knowledges (p. 297)
  • 32. Enlightenment (p. 299)
  • 33. Political Economy (p. 311)
  • 34. Natural Philosophy (Science) (p. 320)
  • 35. Antiquarianism (Popular) (p. 328)
  • 36. Mythology (p. 338)
  • 37. Exploration (p. 345)
  • 38. History (p. 354)
  • 39. Psychology (p. 361)
  • 40. Language (p. 369)
  • 41. Literary Theory (p. 378)
  • Index to Part One (p. 387)
  • Part 2 Alphabetical Entries (p. 399)
  • Illustration Acknowledgements (p. 779)

Reviews provided by Syndetics

Library Journal Review

McCalman (Australian National Univ.) has assembled an international team of experts, from fields as diverse as political history, popular culture, literature, religion, and medicine, in order to create a broad reference work on the Romantic age in Britain. The first part of the book contains thematic essays grouped into four different sections. Eschewing facile generalizations about the Romantic era, the authors did not seek to develop a single unified theme; rather, they sought to treat themes under broader headings such as "Transforming Polity and Nation" and "Culture, Consumption, and the Arts." By focusing the essays in this fashion, McCalman easily manages to maintain an internal coherence among topics. The essays themselves are of high quality and reflect the latest scholarship. The second part of the book contains alphabetical entries of events, personalities, concepts, and trends in a number of subjects. Of particular interest are references to the people and institutions that make up the "radical" religious and political movements of the era, such as Thomas Spence, Joseph Brothers, and Joanna Southcott, and the various societies they joined or inspired. Aimed at a wide audience, this book is a valuable reference tool. Recommended for all public and academic libraries.--Frederic Krome, Jacob Rader Marcus Ctr. of the American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

CHOICE Review

A book to be read for an introduction to the period as well as consulted for answers to questions, Romantic Age's richly varied contents fall into two roughly equal sections. Part 1 consists of forty-two 5,000-word essays, each with a short bibliography, on political, social, economic, and cultural topics and on the "status of knowledge" in such fields as science, history, and psychology. Part 2 offers some 700 alphabetical entries for persons, events, movements, issues, topics, etc. The editor introduces the scope of the volume by mooting the limits of "the romantic" and the problems of the encyclopedic and "companion-able" organization of knowledge. Part 1 has an index of names and topics covered in the essays, and the two parts are amply cross-referenced. Illustrations relieve the rather punitively dense printing of the well-written, scholarly text, which is assembled by an international roster of contributors. Oxford's coverage is vastly broader than Garland's literarily oriented Encyclopedia of Romanticism: Culture in Britain, 1780s-1830s (CH, Oct'92). Although Oxford lacks a handful of entries found in Garland and might especially have included entries for non-British romanticisms, Oxford's comprehensiveness renders it superior. For all collections with an academic constituency. R. H. Kieft; Haverford College

Booklist Review

It is a truth universally acknowledged that most reference books on the Romantic Age highlight the literary outpourings of the era. Here is a work that paints a broader picture, taking in the whole landscape of those often turbulent times; revolution, social change, popular culture, law, medicine, the arts, politics, and, of course, literature are among the topics addressed in this comprehensive source. Instead of the typical, single alphabetical arrangement of short entries, the book employs a two-part approach to the material at hand. The first part consists of just over 40 signed essays on four major themes: "Transforming Polity and Nation"; "Reordering Social and Private Worlds"; "Culture, Consumption, and the Arts"; and "Emerging Knowledges." The essays that are grouped within these themes address topics such as domesticity, empire, exploration, industrialization, novels, and utopianism. This section of the book has its own index. The second part is an alphabetically arranged offering of briefer but more specific (also signed) articles on a variety of terms, persons, organizations, ideas, places, etc. These two parts can be used separately (the second half will be of greater use in a ready-reference situation) or together, because a thorough system of cross-references links the essays to the articles, articles to the essays, essays to essays, and articles to articles. A variety of crisp black-and-white illustrations, including reproductions of period paintings (some full-or half-page size), art from chapbooks, and photographs of notable places or art objects, punctuates the text and adds considerable interest. Instead of a single appended bibliography, each of the essays concludes with a list of sources for further reading. The interdisciplinary flavor of the work makes it an appealing choice for a variety of collections. Although it is by no means a revisionist history, each topic included is examined in the context of the times, often resulting in a fresh look at some of the icons of the era. Recommended for academic and large public libraries.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

By Iain McCalman: Radical Underworld: Prophets, Revolutionaries and Pornographers in London 1795-1840 Clarendon Paperback 1993