Studies in Romanticism · 1998 · 125 citations · 0 references
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Romantic poets such as Coleridge, Southey, Landor, Wordsworth, and Byron depicted Napoleon as a revolutionary conqueror and central historical event, shaping their literary imagination. The study investigates Hazlitt's Napoleonic riposte, analyzing his critique of Romantic portrayals of Napoleon. The authors perform a close literary analysis of Hazlitt's text within the context of Romantic discourse on Napoleon. Acknowledgements and introduction highlight the poets and the conqueror.
Acknowledgements Introduction: the poets and the conqueror 1. A 'conqueror of kings' and a 'deliverer of men': the revolutionary figure of Napoleon in the writing of Coleridge, Southey and Landor 2. 'In such strength of usurpation': Wordsworth's Napoleonic imagination 3. 'Historiographer[s] to the King of Hell': The Lake poets' Peninsular campaign 4. Staging history: Byron and Napoleon, 1813-1814 5. 'The greatest event of modern times' 6. 'A proud and full answer': Hazlitt's Napoleonic riposte Conclusion: The Age of Bronze Notes Bibliography Index.