Spectacular Violence and the Politics of Representation, 1776- 832
by Ian Haywood.
London
Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan
2006
(XI, 270 pages).
Palgrave studies in the Enlightenment, romanticism and cultures of print.
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Romantic Agonies; 1 'Beneath the Bloody Scourge Laid Bare the Man': Slavery and Violence; 2 'Disturbed Imagination': The French Revolution; 3 'The Most Distressful Country': The Irish Rebellion of 1798; 4 American 'Savagery'; 5 Unruly People: The Spectacular Riot; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
This book studies the impact of violence on the writing of the Romantic period. The focus is on the response of writers to a series of violent events including the revolutions in America and France and the Irish rebellion of 1798. Authors covered include Coleridge, Wordsworth, Scott, Byron, Fennimore Cooper, Equiano, and Helen Maria Williams.