Shelley's Satire: Violence, Exhortation, and Authority by Steven Jones (English)

Description: Shelley's Satire by Steven Jones Jones challenges traditional images of Percy Bysshe Shelley in this first book-length analysis of his major satiric works. Bringing to bear genre theory and a New Historical frame of reference, Jones places Shelley's satires in their broad context of popular, political, and material culture. Jones argues that Shelley's satiric poems express an important countervoice within Shelley's work as well as within Romanticism as a whole. These ironic, public, referential, and worldly texts are shown to be deeply ambivalent, employing the imagery of curse, revenge, and punishment in a coercive rhetoric of violence only occasionally covered with laughter. Thus the satires vividly represent the darker side of the Romantic poet's relation to society as well as his efforts to engage and to change the world. Shelley's Satire illuminates the historical and cultural contexts that stirred the poet's imagination - contemporary superstition, the popular entertainments of the pantomime and graphic prints, and historical events such as the Peterloo Massacre and the Queen Caroline affair. It will engage not only Shelleyans and Romanticists but also anyone interested in satire as a genre, New Historicist methods, theories of cultural formation, and the Regency period in English history. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Jones challenges traditional images of Percy Bysshe Shelley in this first book-length analysis of his major satiric works. Bringing to bear genre theory and a New Historical frame of reference, Jones places Shelleys satires in their broad context of popular, political, and material culture. Jones argues that Shelleys satiric poems express an important countervoice within Shelleys work as well as within Romanticism as a whole. These ironic, public, referential, and worldly texts are shown to be deeply ambivalent, employing the imagery of curse, revenge, and punishment in a coercive rhetoric of violence only occasionally covered with laughter. Thus the satires vividly represent the darker side of the Romantic poets relation to society as well as his efforts to engage and to change the world. Shelleys Satire illuminates the historical and cultural contexts that stirred the poets imagination - contemporary superstition, the popular entertainments of the pantomime and graphic prints, and historical events such as the Peterloo Massacre and the Queen Caroline affair. It will engage not only Shelleyans and Romanticists but also anyone interested in satire as a genre, New Historicist methods, theories of cultural formation, and the Regency period in English history. Author Biography Steven E. Jones is Professor of English at Loyola University Chicago. He is author of "Shelleys Satire: Violence, Exhortation, and Authority" and "Satire and Romanticism," Details ISBN0875801862 Short Title SHELLEYS SATIRE Language English ISBN-10 0875801862 ISBN-13 9780875801865 Media Book Format Hardcover DEWEY 821.7 Illustrations Yes Imprint Northern Illinois University Press Place of Publication Dekalb, IL Country of Publication United States Pages 229 Subtitle Violence, Exhortation, and Authority DOI 10.1604/9780875801865 UK Release Date 1994-08-01 AU Release Date 1994-08-01 NZ Release Date 1994-08-01 US Release Date 1994-08-01 Author Steven Jones Publisher Cornell University Press Year 1994 Publication Date 1994-08-01 Audience Undergraduate We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159563351;

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