Remediating the 1820s

Reconsiders the 1820s, an unjustly neglected, highly self-conscious decade defined by massive and anxiety-inducing cultural transformations. Innovative essays cover a broad range of interdisciplinary topics, including book history, periodical culture, media forms, music, theatre, visual art, and provincial and colonial writingInterweaves short keyword essays providing additional insights into major concerns of the decade as expressed in the language of the timeThe product of a collaborative rese