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Wang, Orrin Nan Chung, 1957-

Romantic Sobriety Sensation, Revolution, Commodification, History / Orrin N.C. Wang. - 1 online resource (x, 369 p.) : ill. ; - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-355) and index.

Introduction: the sensation of romanticism -- Part I: Periodicity. Romantic sobriety; Kant all lit up: romanticism, periodicity, and the catachresis of genius -- Part II: Theory. De man, Marx, Rousseau, and the machine; against theory beside romanticism: mute bodies, fanatical seeing; the sensation of the signifier; ghost theory -- Part III: Texts. Lyric Ritalin: time and history in Ode to the west wind; no satisfaction: high theory, cultural studies, and Don Juan; Gothic thought and surviving romanticism in Zafloya and Jane Eyre; coming attractions: Lamia and cinematic sensation -- Coda. The embarrassment of romanticism.

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ISBN: 9781421404110 1421404117

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
Deconstruction.
Marxist criticism.
Senses and sensation in literature.
Romanticism.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: PN56.R7 / W37 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 809/.9145