Romantic Paganism: The Politics of Ecstasy in the Shelley Circle

Author:   Suzanne L. Barnett
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
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9783319854632


Pages:   305
Publication Date:   06 June 2019
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This book addresses the function of the classical world in the cultural imaginations of the second generation of romantic writers: Percy Shelley, Mary Shelley, Thomas Love Peacock, John Keats, Leigh Hunt, and the rest of their diverse circle. The younger romantics inherited impressions of the ancient world colored by the previous century, in which classical studies experienced a resurgence, the emerging field of comparative mythography investigated the relationship between Christianity and its predecessors, and scientific and archaeological discoveries began to shed unprecedented light on the ancient world. The Shelley circle embraced a specifically pagan ancient world of excess, joy, and ecstatic experiences that test the boundaries between self and other. Though dubbed the “Satanic School” by Robert Southey, this circle instead thought of itself as “Athenian” and frequently employed mythology and imagery from the classical world that was characterized not by philosophy and reason butby wildness, excess, and ecstatic experiences.

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Author:   Suzanne L. Barnett
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9783319854632


ISBN 10:   3319854631
Pages:   305
Publication Date:   06 June 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements.- List of Figures.- List of Abbreviations.- Introduction: Pretty Paganisms and Satanic Schools.-  1. “The wrecks of the Greek mythology”: Paganism, Popishness, Atheism, and Decadence in the Eighteenth Century.- 2. “Cheerfulness and a sense of justice”: Dionysus, Nympholepsy, and the Religion of Joy.- 3. “Prattling about Greece and Rome”: Paganism, Presumption, and Gender.- 4. “The great God Pan is alive again”: Peacock and Shelley in Marlow.- 5. Shelley’s “Perpetual Orphic Song”: Music as Pagan Ideology in Prometheus Unbound.- 6. Afterword: The Afterlives of Romantic Paganism.- Bibliography.- Index.

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Suzanne L. Barnett is Assistant Professor of English at Francis Marion University in South Carolina, USA.

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