Cronin, Richard, 1949-

Paper pellets : British literary culture after Waterloo / Richard Cronin. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. - viii, 268 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-255) and index.

Two duels -- Two dinners -- Personalities -- Flesh-coloured silk -- Remembering peebles -- Mr. Knight's best small capitals -- Pistols and horsewhips -- Disunity of mind : the novel as magazine -- Practical asyndeton : the poem as magazine -- Cruel mockeries -- Jack and Gill -- Two cultures.

This study begins with two fatal duels as an introduction to a literary period best defined by its antagonisms. Exploring three publishing phenomena of the age; the novels of Walter Scott, Byron's Don Juan, and the new literary magazines, it attempts a reconfiguration of our understanding of literary culture after Waterloo.

9780199582532 (hbk. : alk. paper) 019958253X (hbk. : alk. paper)




English literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Literature and society--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Literature publishing--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Dueling--History--Great Britain--19th century.


Great Britain--Intellectual life--19th century.

820.9007 C R P