Romantic Vagrancy
Celeste Langan
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Romantic Vagrancy
Published
December 14, 2006
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pages
315
ISBN-13
9780521035101
ISBN-10
0521035104
Description
Romantic Vagrancy offers a provocative account of Wordsworth's representation of walking as the exercise of imagination, by tracing a recurrent analogy between the poet in search of materials and the literally dispossessed beggars and vagrants he encounters. Reading Wordsworth - and Rousseau before him - from the perspective of current debates about the political and social rights of the homeless, Celeste Langan argues that both literature and vagrancy are surprisingly rich and disturbing images of the "negative freedom" at the heart of liberalism. Langan shows how the formal structure of the Romantic poem - the improvisational excursion - mirrors its apparent themes, often narratives of impoverishment of abandonment. According to Langan, the encounter between the beggar and the passerby in Wordsworth's poetry does not simply reveal a social conscience or its lack; it represents the advent of the liberal subject, whose identity is stretched out between origin and destination, caught between economic and political forces, and the workings of desire. Langan's powerful and innovative argument revises current views both of Wordsworth's poetry and of the relation of literature to its social and political context.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many pages are in Romantic Vagrancy?
This edition of Romantic Vagrancy has approximately 315 pages. Please note, this is an estimate and the exact page count can vary between hardcover, paperback, and e-book versions.
How long does it take to read Romantic Vagrancy?
For most readers, Romantic Vagrancy typically takes between 6h 34m and 4h 23m to complete. This is based on the book's length of approximately 78,750 words and common reading speeds.
Here's a detailed breakdown: • Continuous reading at 250 WPM: approximately 5h 15m of focused reading • Casual reading (30 minutes/day): you could finish in roughly 11 days • Estimated word count: 78,750 words
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What is the word count of Romantic Vagrancy?
The estimated word count for Romantic Vagrancy is approximately 78,750 words. This figure is calculated using industry-standard methods that consider genre-specific word density patterns, typical formatting and layout characteristics, and standard words-per-page ratios for published books.
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Who is the author of Romantic Vagrancy?
Romantic Vagrancy was written by Celeste Langan.
When was Romantic Vagrancy published?
The publication date for this specific edition is December 14, 2006. The original work may have been published on a different date.