Table of Contents

1. Introduction; Tim Fulford and Michael E. Sinatra
2. The Glimmer of Futurity, 1811-1815; Jonathan Sachs
3. Jane Austen, Percy Shelley, and Felix Britannica; Joel Faflak
4. Renewing the Estate: Mansfield Park and the Berkeley Peerage Affair; Robert Miles
5. William Blake and the Decorative Arts; Tilar Mazzeo
6. The State of The Examiner's World in 1813; Jeffrey N. Cox
7. 'Senator and Actors': Leigh Hunt's Theatrical Criticism and the Regency; Michael E. Sinatra
8. 1813: The Year of the Laureate; Michael Gamer
9. Of Precious Loobies, Bag Wigs, and Posthumous Orators: Hunt's 'Resurrection' of Southey; Gregory Kucich
10. The Volcanic Humphry Davy; Tim Fulford
11. Lord Byron's Greek Air: Rediscovering a Regency Lyric; Andrew Stauffer
12. Collecting, Cultural Memory and the Regency Museum; Sophie Thomas
13. De-Radicalizing Popular Literature: from William Hone to Pierce Egan; John Gardner

Promotional Information

"This volume brings together Austen, Southey, Hunt, and others into an exciting and unusual colloquy of aesthetics and politics by historicizing a 'flashpoint' of Romantic self-fashioning in the midst of the early regency, dominated by the Regent's flamboyant and oversized presence and by reactions to him." - Mark Schoenfield, Professor of English, Vanderbilt University, USA "Offering the transformative years 1811-1815 as a focal point for reconsidering the role of periodization in literary studies, this thoughtfully structured and theoretically astute collection joins a growing body of works that illuminate Romanticism's conversation with itself." - Kristin F. Samuelian, Associate Professor of English, George Mason University, USA

About the Author

Tim Fulford is Professor of English at De Montfort University, UK. His most recent publications include The Late Poetry of the Lake Poets, The Collected Letters of Robert Southey, and Robert Southey: Poetical Works 1811-38. He is currently editing The Collected Letters of Sir Humphry Davy.

Michael E. Sinatra is Associate Professor of English at the Universite? de Montre?al, Canada. He is the author of Leigh Hunt and the London Literary Scene, 1805–1828, one of the general editors of the Selected Writing of Leigh Hunt, and the founding editor of Romanticism and Victorianism on the Net.

Reviews

“The scholars involved in this volume are some of the best respected Romanticists of their generation and most have been developing their theories of periodization for the last several decades through conferences and in print. … the powerful readings offered by this volume can and should inspire Romanticists to revisit the Regency, to test and contest, develop and help remake the narrative of Romanticism. As such, this volume is a welcome and valuable gift to future scholarship on the period.” (J. Andrew Hubbell, Review 19, nbol-19.org, February, 2017)