
The Regency Years
During Which Jane Austen Writes, Napoleon Fights, Byron Makes Love, and Britain Becomes Modern
Robert Morrison(Author)
WW Norton & Co (Publisher)
Published on 7. July 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-0-393-35824-7 (ISBN)
Description
The Victorians are often credited with ushering in our current era, yet the seeds of change were planted during the earlier Regency period (1811-1820) when the profligate Prince of Wales-the future king George IV-succeeded his father. Around the Prince Regent surged a society of contrasts: evangelicalism and hedonism, elegance and brutality, exuberance and despair. Capturing the Napoleonic Wars, the rise of artists-the Shelleys, Austen, Keats, Byron, Turner-scientists and inventors-Stevenson, Davy, Faraday-and a cast of dissident journalists, military leaders, and fashionistas, Robert Morrison captivatingly illuminates the ways this period shaped the modern world.
Reviews / Votes
"Given such plenty, what more could one ask from a work of cultural history?" -- Michael Dirda - Washington Post "A lively account of a turning point in British history.... Robert Morrison creates an indelible impression of the Regency." -- Clare Brant - Times Higher Education (UK) "Superb.... The Regency period lasted for less than a decade but, as Mr. Morrison argues, 'its many legacies are still all around us.' It was also, as this book amply proves, marvellously entertaining." -- Economist "[A] zippy and vivid portrait." -- Henry Hitchings - Sunday Times (UK) "The Prince Regent... ruled over a period of extraordinary creativity and it is that progressive cultural legacy that Mr. Morrison commends to contemporary Britain and the rest of the world." -- Ruth Scurr - Wall Street Journal "Robert Morrison is my ideal of what a scholar should be-lively and interesting, he makes the past relevant to today." -- David Morrell, author of the Thomas and Emily De Quincey trilogy "This engaging history transports readers to England." -- Tom Beer - Newsday "A triumph of historical storytelling." -- Deidre Shauna Lynch, author of Loving Literature: A Cultural History "The Regency Years reads like a romance novel of its period without the novel, but makes an entertaining nonfiction read with superior prose and dialogue." -- Robert S. Davis - New York Journal of Books "Readers of this brilliant book will enjoy a rich experience, full of memorable surprises." -- Patricia Meyer Spacks, author of The Female ImaginationMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Illustrations
38 black-and-white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 208 mm
Width: 141 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
308 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-393-35824-7 (9780393358247)
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Robert Morrison
The Regency Years
During Which Jane Austen Writes, Napoleon Fights, Byron Makes Love, and Britain Becomes Modern
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04/2019
W. W. Norton & Company
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Robert Morrison is British Academy Global Professor at Bath Spa University in England, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He has produced editions of works by Jane Austen and Thomas De Quincey. He lives in Bath, England.