Blasphemy and Politics in Romantic Literature: Creativity in the Writing of Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Submitting institution
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University of Derby
- Unit of assessment
- 34 - Communication, Cultural and Media Studies, Library and Information Management
- Output identifier
- 783719-2
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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10.1007/978-3-030-46570-4
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- ISBN
- 9783030465698
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2020
- URL
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https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-030-46570-4
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Double-weighted statement
- This book demonstrates how blasphemy shaped the literature and readership of Percy Bysshe Shelley and the Romantic period. It argues that through its ‘irreverence’ blasphemy was inextricably intertwined with politics and necessitated new forms of poetic creativity. It illuminates the intersections of blasphemy, censorship and literary property and the effects of these. The book maintains that Shelley’s perceived blasphemy determined the nature and readership of his publications through censorship and literary piracy. The inter-relationship of aesthetics, content and printed physical text is demonstrated and the manifestations of Shelley’s political and philosophical views in his writing both formally and thematically.
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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