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Romanticism and the Cultures of Infancy
Martina Domines Veliki • Cian Duffy Editors
Romanticism and the Cultures of Infancy
Editors Martina Domines Veliki English Studies Zagreb University Zagreb, Croatia
Cian Duffy English Studies Lund University Lund, Sweden
ISBN 978-3-030-50428-1 ISBN 978-3-030-50429-8 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50429-8 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG. The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
In memory of Professor Dr Rolf Lessenich (1940–2019) A scholar and a gentleman
Acknowledgements
Our friend and colleague Professor Dr Rolf Lessenich (1940–2019), the University of Bonn, died whilst the final manuscript of this book was in preparation. The editors would like to thank the Trustees of the University of Bonn Foundation for permission to include his final essay here. We would also like to thank Professor Dr Norbert Lennartz, the University of Vechta, for his invaluable assistance in acting as liaison in this matter between the editors and the University of Bonn. Professor Dr Lessenich, who authored many excellent studies of European Romanticism, was a kind and brilliant man whose loss is felt by all who knew him.
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Contents
1 Introduction: The Romantic Cultures of Infancy 1 Martina Domines Veliki and Cian Duffy 2 ‘A detached peninsula’: Infancy in the Work of Thomas De Quincey 21 Martina Domines Veliki and Cian Duffy 3 William Blake’s Infant Joy 43 Robert Rix 4 The Infant, the Mother, and the Breast in the Paintings of Marguerite Gérard 65 Loren Lerner 5 Mother at the Source: Romanticism and Infant
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