The Poetics of Spice
Romantic Consumerism and the Exotic
Seiten
2006
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-02666-6 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-02666-6 (ISBN)
This 2000 book focuses on the significance of spice, and the spice trade, in Romantic literature, shedding light on the impact of the growing consumerism and capitalist ideology. Timothy Morton surveys literary, political, medical, travel, trade and philosophical literature, offering new readings of Keats, Shelley and Southey among many others.
This 2000 book considers the literary and cultural significance of spice, and the spice trade, in Romantic literature, shedding new light on the impact of consumerism and capitalist ideology on writers of the period. Timothy Morton demonstrates how the emerging consumer culture was characterized by an ornate, figuratively rich mode of representation which he describes as 'the poetics of spice'. This is the focal point for a probing analysis that addresses a host of related themes - exoticism, orientalism, colonialism, the slave trade, race and gender issues, and, above all, capitalism. Employing a mixture of Marxist, deconstructive and psychoanalytic theory, Morton explores how capitalist ideology was inscribed in the very materials of consumption. The book takes a wide historical perspective, surveying a range of literary, political, medical, travel, trade and philosophical texts, and includes readings of Milton, Coleridge, Keats, Shelley, Leigh Hunt, Charlotte Smith and Southey among many others.
This 2000 book considers the literary and cultural significance of spice, and the spice trade, in Romantic literature, shedding new light on the impact of consumerism and capitalist ideology on writers of the period. Timothy Morton demonstrates how the emerging consumer culture was characterized by an ornate, figuratively rich mode of representation which he describes as 'the poetics of spice'. This is the focal point for a probing analysis that addresses a host of related themes - exoticism, orientalism, colonialism, the slave trade, race and gender issues, and, above all, capitalism. Employing a mixture of Marxist, deconstructive and psychoanalytic theory, Morton explores how capitalist ideology was inscribed in the very materials of consumption. The book takes a wide historical perspective, surveying a range of literary, political, medical, travel, trade and philosophical texts, and includes readings of Milton, Coleridge, Keats, Shelley, Leigh Hunt, Charlotte Smith and Southey among many others.
Timothy Morton is Professor of English at Rice University, Houston.
Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The confection of spice: historical and theoretical considerations; 2. Trade winds; 3. Place settings; 4. Blood sugar; 5. Sound and scents: further investigations of space; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.6.2006 |
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Reihe/Serie | Cambridge Studies in Romanticism |
Zusatzinfo | 17 Halftones, unspecified |
Verlagsort | Cambridge |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 226 mm |
Gewicht | 454 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte | |
ISBN-10 | 0-521-02666-0 / 0521026660 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-521-02666-6 / 9780521026666 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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