From mythography to mythopoesis: the politics of romantic mythmaking

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dc.contributorUlmer, William Andrew
dc.contributorTedeschi, Stephen
dc.contributorWeiss, Deborah R.
dc.contributorTsakiropoulou-Summers, Tatiana
dc.contributor.advisorPionke, Albert D.
dc.contributor.authorHopper, Natalie Nicole
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-01T16:59:43Z
dc.date.available2017-03-01T16:59:43Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.descriptionElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation seeks to expand the way we approach myth in Romantic literature, regarding it not just as classical content but as a process by which authors--including modern ones--are able to universalize and disseminate specific political, poetic, and religious agendas. Mythography is only one aspect of the broader category of mythopoesis, a category that allows us to consider how generic decisions, rhetorical maneuvers, and formal devices can also be used to lend authority and credibility to an author's underlying message. Scholars interested in Romantic uses of myth traditionally explore the religious subversiveness of the Second Generation's pagan subjects or myth's role as a means of reconciling the ideal past and flawed present. While these studies have greatly improved our understanding of the relationship between literary myths and historical concerns, they approach myth only in terms of mythographic content, thereby dismissing Romantic authors' active participation in the mythmaking process. The dissertation begins with an analysis of the foundational work of conservative rhetoric and mythmaking, Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France, but otherwise focuses on poetry composed between 1814 and 1822, the years leading up to and immediately following the Peterloo Massacre. Chapters in the dissertation explore conservative mythmaking, the responsibility Romantic poets assumed of using poetry for civic purposes, radical mythmaking leading up to Peterloo, and the growing intensity of myths produced in the massacre's aftermath.en_US
dc.format.extent193 p.
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.otheru0015_0000001_0001525
dc.identifier.otherHopper_alatus_0004D_11832
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/1983
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Alabama Libraries
dc.relation.hasversionborn digital
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Electronic Theses and Dissertations
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Libraries Digital Collections
dc.rightsAll rights reserved by the author unless otherwise indicated.en_US
dc.subjectLiterature
dc.subjectBritish and Irish literature
dc.titleFrom mythography to mythopoesis: the politics of romantic mythmakingen_US
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etdms.degree.departmentUniversity of Alabama. Department of English
etdms.degree.disciplineEnglish
etdms.degree.grantorThe University of Alabama
etdms.degree.leveldoctoral
etdms.degree.namePh.D.

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