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Author:

Rowney, Matthew, author.

Title:

In common things : commerce, culture, and ecology in British Romantic literature / Matthew Rowney.

Publisher:

University of Toronto Press,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

x, 219 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

English literature--19th century--History and criticism.
English literature--18th century--History and criticism.
Ecology in literature.
Commerce in literature.
Culture in literature.
Littérature anglaise--19e siècle--Histoire et critique.
Littérature anglaise--18e siècle--Histoire et critique.
Commerce dans la littérature.
Culture dans la littérature.
Commerce in literature.
Culture in literature.
Ecology in literature.
English literature.
1700-1899
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Conclusion: Plastic Rime. Broken Arbour: Deforestation and the Cultural History of Trees in "The Ruined Cottage" -- "Strange Look'd it There!": The Paradox of the Palm in the Poetry of Felicia Hemans -- Preserver and Destroyer: Salt in The History of Mary Prince -- "Lin'd with Moss": John Clare's Rhizomatic Poetics -- Conclusion: Plastic Rime.

Summary:

"In Common Things explores the implacable agency of five common substances--stone, wood, oil, salt, and moss--in the life and literature of the Romantic period. It argues that these substances and their histories have shaped cultural consciousness, and that Romantic era texts formally encode this shaping. Substance is both the natural object of Romantic literature and the commodity that has driven global climate change, and represents the paradox of the modern relation to materiality. In Common Things excavates the cultural, ecological and commodity histories of these substances, demonstrating qualities they share "in common" with literary form. What this book hopes to prompt in its readers is a reevaluation of the simple, the everyday, and the common in light of its contribution to our contemporary sense of ourselves and our societies."-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1487543484
9781487543488

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1259442882

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)