Romanticism in Perspective:Texts, Cultures, Histories: A Marketable Vice

Donelan, C.

Don Juan , Byron's best poem, is a sensational radical satire. It uses the legend of Don Juan to expose the male fantasies behind Romanticism and nineteenth-century public culture. Critics feared that the poem was a 'manual for vice' and would corrupt society. Should England's best selling author have been censored? This book looks at how Europe's most famous literary celebrity shows his dark side in Don Juan , a canonical long poem and a pop culture masterpiece.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2000-01-06

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780312224912

DOI: 10.1057/9780230596566

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 195