Remaking Romanticism

Casie LeGette is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Georgia, USA.

• Chapter 1: Introduction.- Part I: The 1790s, Extended.- Chapter 2: Reanimating Caleb Williams; or, How to Keep the 1790s Alive.-  Chapter 3: The Past Jumps Up: Southey, Coleridge, and Wordsworth.-  Part II: Politics and Poetics.- Chapter 4: The Lyric Speaker Goes to Gaol: British Poetry and Radical Prisoners.- Chapter 5: From Citation to Recitation: Shelley’s “Men of England”.- Chapter 6: Coda.-  Bibliography.- Index.

“Remaking Romanticism is a book that will be most enjoyed by readers with a strong interest in either or both the history of printing and the history of radical politics in Britain, but it makes valuable contributions that deserve wider recognition.” (Richard Hughes Gibson, The Coleridge Bulletin, Issue 56, 2020)“They are helpful overviews for scholars well-versed in the material, and invaluable for students coming to the field. Her discoveries in her readings are often surprising, and sometimes quite humorous, which makes the book both exciting, and a pleasure to read. In short, the book charts brilliantly a way forward for political readings of Romanticism.” (Michael Demson, Studies in Romanticism, Vol. 58 (1), 2019)“Remaking Romanticism: The Radical Politics of the Excerpt explores ‘how the literature of the Romantic period was excerpted and reprinted in radical papers in Britain throughout the first half of the nineteenth century, and beyond’ … . LeGette’s insightful analysis, which extends the scope of Romanticism in several directions while redefining its temporal and social landscape in compelling ways.” (Dana Van Kooy, European Romantic Review, Vol. 30 (1), 2019)