192 Pages
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Routledge
190 Pages
by
Routledge
190 Pages
by
Routledge
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Examining John Keats’s reworking of the romance genre, Rachel Schulkins argues that he is responding to and critiquing the ideals of feminine modesty and asexual femininity advocated in the early nineteenth century. Through close readings of Isabella; or the Pot of Basil, The Eve of St. Agnes, Lamia and ’La Belle Dame sans Merci,’ Schulkins offers a re-evaluation of Keats and his poetry designed... Read more
Introduction, Rachel Schulkins; Chapter 1 Keats, Modesty and the Politics of Sex, Rachel Schulkins; Chapter 2 Female Onanism in Keats's Romances, Rachel Schulkins; Chapter 3 The Economy of Romance in Keats's Isabella, Rachel Schulkins; Chapter 4 Phantoms of Sexual Repression in The Eve of St Agnes, Rachel Schulkins; Chapter 5 Figures of Romance and Anti-Romance in ‘La Belle Dame sans Merci’, Rachel Schulkins; Chapter 6 The Humanisation of the Serpent Lamia, Rachel Schulkins; Chapter 102 Afterthought, Rachel Schulkins;
Biography
Dr Rachel Schulkins received her PhD from the University of Liverpool and is currently a lecturer at Liverpool Hope University, UK.
’Offering intriguing readings of Keats’s romances, Rachel Schulkins’s book is the first sustained treatment of the poet’s work in terms of his figurative use of masturbation. She engages with Keats’s complex concerns with gender and sexuality, which have been points of contention among Keats scholars and sources of frustration to his readers within and outside the academy.’ James Allard, Brock University and author of Romanticism, Medicine, and the Poets Body
